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<div><table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:justify;" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td valign="top" width="63%">FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE</td><td valign="top" width="37%"><div align="right">NEWS RELEASE #052</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="nrbody"><style>.nrbody h1 { display:block; font-size:1em; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline; } .nrbody p { text-align:justify;}.nrdate { font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;} </style><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">20th day of November, 2025</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Stay denied. Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1441.CJ.action.pdf">2025-CJ-01441&nbsp;NICHOLAS GEORGE BLATCHFORD VS. TARYN BROWN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1445.KD.action.pdf">2025-KD-01445&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. MELANIE BARNETT CURTIN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Livingston)<br />Guidry, J., recused.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1455.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-01455&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. MELANIE BARNETT CURTIN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Livingston)<br />Guidry, J., recused.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">25th day of November, 2025</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Writ application granted - see briefing notice and Order.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0971.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00971&nbsp;VINTON HARBOR &amp; TERMINAL DISTRICT VS. REUNION ENERGY COMPANY, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0984.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00984&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT VS. MARK ERIC MILLIGAN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><h1>Writ application granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1059.CC.PC.pdf">2025-CC-01059&nbsp;DAVID RODNEY ELLIOT, ON BEHALF OF S.E. VS. THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES, INC., ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Sabine)<br /><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1059.CC.jlw.grant.pdf">Weimer, C.J., dissents and would grant and docket and assigns reasons.</a><br />Guidry, J., dissents and would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1101.C.PC.pdf">2025-C-01101&nbsp;SUCCESSION OF CAROL JAMES AYMOND, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Avoyelles)<br /><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1101.C.jdh.con.pdf">Hughes, J., concurs and assigns reasons.</a><br />Griffin, J., concurs.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1103.C.PC.pdf">2025-C-01103&nbsp;VALENTINA V. BRYAN, IN HER CAPACITY AS NATURAL TUTRIX OF DALILA CAROL AYMOND VS. CHANTEL G. AYMOND, IN HER CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE OF THE DALILA CAROL AYMOND TRUST, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Avoyelles)<br /><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1103.C.jdh.con.pdf">Hughes, J., concurs and assigns reasons.</a><br />Griffin, J., concurs.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1152.KD.PC.pdf">2025-KD-01152&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. GERARD ANTHONY BELL</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ascension)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1158.C.PC.pdf">2025-C-01158&nbsp;LOUIS V. HOSE AND JULIE H. HOSE VS. JAMES SCOTT O'CONNELL AND WHITNEY ELIZABETH O'CONNELL</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1164.OC.PC.pdf">2025-OC-01164&nbsp;IN THE MATTER OF THE SUCCESSION OF GARRETT JOSEPH CLAYBOURN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1260.CJ.PC.pdf">2025-CJ-01260&nbsp;RUSSELL MAURICE BRUE VS. LE TU TRAN BRUE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)<br />Weimer, C.J., dissents and would deny.<br />Hughes, J., dissents and would deny.<br />Griffin, J., dissents and would deny.</p><h1>Application for rehearing denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0512.KP.action.re.pdf">2025-KP-00512&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ERNEST MILLS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><h1>Writ application not considered - Not timely filed. See La.S.Ct.R. X, &sect;5(a); State v. Crandell, 2005-1060 (La. 3/10/06), 924 So.2d 122.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0943.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00943&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ARTHUR NICHOLAS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ascension)</p><h1>Writ application not considered - Petitioner has not demonstrated that he sought review in the court(s) below before filing in this Court nor shown the "extraordinary circumstances" that would justify bypassing that level of review. La.S.Ct.R. X, &sect; 5(b).:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1060.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-01060&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ROBERT BRIDGES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Bossier)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1224.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-01224&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BRANDON STRICKLAND</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)<br /><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1224.KH.jdh.con.pdf">Hughes, J., concurs and assigns reasons.</a></p><h1>Writ application denied - Applicant has previously exhausted his right to state collateral review and fails to show that any exception permits his successive filing. See State ex rel. Hilliard v. State, 2017-1413 (La. 11/14/18), 256 So.3d 272.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0844.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00844&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JOSEPH HILLIARD, SR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><h1>Writ application denied - Applicant has previously exhausted his right to state collateral review. See State v. Jones, 2018-0070 (La. 1/18/19), 261 So.3d 780.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0858.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00858&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TYRONE B. JONES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><h1>Writ application denied. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0727.KH.PC.pdf">2025-KH-00727&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. SAMUEL L. SMITH</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0808.KH.PC.pdf">2025-KH-00808&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KENNETH CHENET</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Iberia)</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0556.K.action.pdf">2025-K-00556&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ERIK A. SHEPHERD</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Claiborne)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0615.KO.action.pdf">2025-KO-00615&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. LORENZO DUNKENTELL</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Bossier)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0622.KO.action.pdf">2025-KO-00622&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JA'SHUN JA'MARICK SMITH</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)<br />Hughes, J., would grant in part.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0634.K.action.pdf">2025-K-00634&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CHRYSTAL CLUES-ALEXANDER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Martin)<br />Hughes, J., would grant and docket.<br />Griffin, J., would grant and docket.<br />Guidry, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0739.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00739&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ATARI WOODS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Desoto)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0777.KO.action.pdf">2025-KO-00777&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JACK RAY, SR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Landry)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0882.KO.action.pdf">2025-KO-00882&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TYRONE STEELE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0915.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00915&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. FOSTER SHIVERS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0916.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00916&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ANTHONY AYROW</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafourche)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0968.KO.action.pdf">2025-KO-00968&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DOYLE EUGENE GLAZE, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0983.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00983&nbsp;GALATA CHEMICALS, LLC AND FACTORY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, AS PARTIAL SUBROGEE AND ASSIGNEE OF GALATA CHEMICALS, LLC VS. CHROMALOX, INC., ROSS &amp; PETHTEL, INC., STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY AND HDI GLOBAL INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Charles)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1012.C.action.pdf">2025-C-01012&nbsp;ADRIAN MICHAEL SIMM, JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF JAMES TIMOTHY SIMM VS. AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.; AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; RIVERSOURCE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; AND JACQUELINE CORNETT SIMM</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1040.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01040&nbsp;CITY OF SHREVEPORT VS. CDM SMITH INC.; BURK-KLEINPETER, INC., ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant and docket.<br />Griffin, J., would grant and docket.<br />Guidry, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1111.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01111&nbsp;IN RE: MEDICAL REVIEW PROCEEDINGS OF GEORGE D. MCINTIRE III C/W IN RE: MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL PROCEEDING OF GEORGE D. MCINTIRE, III</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br />Crain, J., would grant.<br />McCallum, J., would grant and docket.<br />Cole, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1130.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01130&nbsp;IN RE: THE INTERDICTION OF ROY JOSEPH ORPHEY VS. MARISA JENKINS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1131.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01131&nbsp;KRISTY SOUNTHALA INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF MINOR SON JACOBRAY MORGAN VS. ABC INSURANCE COMPANY BRANDON BRISCOE AND THE LAW OFFICE OF JOHN S. WILLIAMS, LLC</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1132.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01132&nbsp;PAMELA ANN GOLDING, ET VIR VS. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1142.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01142&nbsp;LASHAWN BERNARD, ALINE NARCISSE, SHAWANA WILLIAMS, ANASTAGHA WILLIAMS, AND GAIL L. FONTENETTE VS. BLUE BAYOU WATER PARK, LLC</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1146.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01146&nbsp;CHERYL D. GUIDRY, ET AL. VS. DIVERSIFIED HEALTHCARE ABBEVILLE, LLC</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Vermilion)<br />Crain, J., would grant.<br />McCallum, J., would grant and docket.<br />Cole, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1169.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01169&nbsp;JOEY L. NOBLES, ON BEHALF OF THE MINOR CHILDREN, LILAH NOBLES AND HOLLIS NOBLES VS. CATAHOULA CORRECTIONAL CENTER, L.L.C., AND PAT BOOK</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Catahoula)<br />Crain, J., would grant.<br />McCallum, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1178.C.action.pdf">2025-C-01178&nbsp;KENNETH D. SMITH VS. KAYLON GALE SMITH, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Rapides)<br />Guidry, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1179.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01179&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TIKTOK, INC., AND TIKTOK, LTD., TIKTOK PTE., BYTEDANCE, LTD., AND BYTEDANCE, INC.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Livingston)<br />McCallum, J., would grant in part for the reasons assigned by Judge Stromberg.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1182.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-01182&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KYLE ALEXANDER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Assumption)<br />Griffin, J., would grant.<br />Guidry, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1183.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01183&nbsp;BEVERLY AND WAYNE PAPANIA VS. JA-ROY EXTERMINATING SERVICES OF ST. TAMMANY, LLC</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)<br />Hughes, J., recused in case number 2025-CC-01183 only.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1184.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01184&nbsp;BEVERLY AND WAYNE PAPANIA VS. JA-ROY EXTERMINATING SERVICES OF ST. TAMMANY, LLC</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)<br />Hughes, J., recused.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1185.C.action.pdf">2025-C-01185&nbsp;RANDY P. VICKNAIR, JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF RANDY P. VICKNAIR, III, AND MAE BELLA VICKNAIR VS. KEVIN PLAISANCE, M.D. AND ST. TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1 D/B/A ST. TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1188.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01188&nbsp;KENSEY JONES VS. THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Crain, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1194.C.action.pdf">2025-C-01194&nbsp;TOMMY TAYLOR VS. RANDALL TAYLOR, INDIVIDUALLY AND RANDALL TAYLOR D/B/A TNT AUTO REPAIR AND TOWING</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ouachita)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1208.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-01208&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CRAIG THOMAS CATO</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div></div>
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