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FROM: CLERK
OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
On the 14th day of May, 2004,
the following action was taken by the Supreme Court
of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:
2004-CC-1170 GLORIA SCOTT,
ET AL. v. AMERICAN TOBACCO
COMPANY,
INC. ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)
TRAYLOR, J., recused.
WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:
2004-KK-1158 STATE OF
LOUISIANA v. DUSTIN DRESSNER (Parish of
Jefferson)
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.
KNOLL, J., would grant the writ for the reasons
assigned by Weimer, J.
WEIMER, J., would grant the writ. There is no
showing that the trial court abused its great
discretion. We must yield to the trial court's
decision that the defendant, who has repeatedly
put his allegedly diminished mental capacity at
issue, must provide the State with materials his
proposed expert witness has reviewed.
On the 18th day of May, 2004,
the following action was taken by the Supreme Court
of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
CONSENT DISCIPLINE REJECTED; SEE ORDER:
2004-B
-0992 IN RE: CONFIDENTIAL
PARTY
STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:
2004-CC-1022 JASON TIPTON
AND RHONDA TIPTON, ET AL. v. ST.
CHARLES
GAMING COMPANY, INC. (Parish of Calcasieu)
WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:
2004-C -1082 HIDDEN HILLS
COMMUNITY, INC. v. FRANK ROGERS, JR.,
ET AL.
(Parish of St. Landry)
On the 19th day of May, 2004,
the following action was taken by the Supreme Court
of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:
2004-CC-1134 STEVEN ALAN
CHILDRESS v. MARI MOSHKOUNIAN
CHILDRESS
(Parish of Jefferson)
2004-CC-1171 S.A.C. v.
SCOTT A. BENTON, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)
JOHNSON, J., would
grant the writ.
On the 20th day of May, 2004,
the following action was taken by the Supreme Court
of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:
2004-C -0872 NICOLE WHITE,
ET AL. v. RAPIDES PARISH SCHOOL
BOARD,
ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.
On the 21st day of May, 2004,
the following action was taken by the Supreme Court
of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED:
2003-K -2993 STATE OF
LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL A. JOHNSON (Parish of
E. Baton
Rouge)
2004-C -0473 WILLIS-KNIGHTON
MEDICAL CENTER v. CADDO-
SHREVEPORT
SALES AND USE TAX COMMISSION (Parish of Caddo)
2004-C -0794 STEVE PRATOR,
SHERIFF OF CADDO PARISH, LOUISIANA
v. CADDO
PARISH (Parish of Caddo)
REHEARING(S) DENIED:
2004-CC-0189 PATRICK
J. BERRIGAN, ET AL. v. DEUTSCH, KERRIGAN &
STILES,
LLP (Parish of Orleans)
KIMBALL, J., would grant the rehearing.
KNOLL, J., would grant the rehearing.
2004-OB-0553 IN RE: KELLE
HINSON-LYLES
CALOGERO, C.J., would
grant rehearing.
KIMBALL, J., would grant rehearing.
TRAYLOR, J., would grant rehearing.
RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED:
2004-CP-0400 ALVIN HARVEY
v. RICHARD STALDER, ET AL. (Parish of
Claiborne)
APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED:
2004-C -0888 BOYD ROJAS
v. STRATAGRAPH, INC. (Parish of Lafayette)
CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED; SEE PER CURIAM:
2004-B
-0991 IN RE: GREGORY
L. THIBODEAUX
WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:
2003-KH-0789 STATE EX
REL CLAUDE WOODS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish
of West Feliciana)
2003-KH-0874 STATE EX
REL DARNELL LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish
of Orleans)
2003-K -1352 STATE OF
LOUISIANA v. VERNON ORANGE (Parish of St.
Tammany)
2003-KH-1456 STATE EX
REL NORVEL REYNOLDS, JR. v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
2003-KH-1494 STATE EX
REL DAVID DILLON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish
of Jefferson)
2003-KH-1630 STATE EX
REL OLIVER HOWARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish
of Jefferson)
2003-KH-1633 STATE EX
REL FORACE GRAVES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish
of Tangipahoa)
WEIMER, J., recused.
2003-KH-1634 STATE EX
REL LESTLY COLLINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish
of E. Baton Rouge)
2003-KH-1640 STATE EX
REL BILL SCOTT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish
of Orleans)
2003-KH-1641 STATE EX
REL DAVID HAMILTON v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of Orleans)
2003-KH-1642 STATE EX
REL CLEVELAND FERGUSON v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
2003-KH-1643 STATE EX
REL LATRON A. SMITH v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of Vernon)
2003-KH-1645 STATE EX
REL JUSTO E. ROQUE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish
of Orleans)
2003-KH-1650 STATE EX
REL SHAWN ARCEMENT v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of Lafourche)
2003-KH-1651 STATE EX
REL KEITH BRAZLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish
of Orleans)
2003-KH-1655 STATE EX
REL ROCKY GOODWIN v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of Winn)
2003-KH-1657 STATE EX
REL ALTON JOSEPH BATISTE v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of Lafayette)
2003-KH-1662 STATE EX
REL JOSEPH R. ANTOINE v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of Calcasieu)
2003-KH-1664 STATE EX
REL JEMAINE MIDDLETON v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of Union)
2003-KH-1665 STATE OF
LOUISIANA v. DAMON PATTERSON (Parish of
Orleans)
2003-KH-1669 STATE EX
REL DAVID BENEDICT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish
of Pointe Coupee)
2003-KH-1670 STATE EX
REL MICHAEL WAYNE WILLIAMS v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of Ouachita)
2003-KH-1674 STATE EX
REL BRUCE ALEXANDER v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of Orleans)
2003-KH-1692 STATE EX
REL. WALTER KENDRICK RILEY v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of Rapides)
2003-KH-1704 STATE EX
REL LEE ROY JENKINS v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of East Feliciana)
2003-KH-1707 STATE EX
REL LEONARD DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish
of Vernon)
2003-KH-1710 STATE EX
REL MORRIS HARRISON v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of Madison)
2003-KH-1725 STATE EX
REL PATRICK WILSON v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
2003-KH-1781 STATE EX
REL TROY RODRIGUEZ v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of Orleans)
2003-KH-1850 STATE EX
REL HENDERSON HARRELL v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of Jefferson)
2003-KH-1861 STATE EX
REL DONALD R. STOVALL v. STATE OF
LOUISIANA
(Parish of Orleans)
2003-KP-1893 STATE OF
LOUISIANA v. HERBERT JOSEPH (Parish of
Lafayette)
2003-KP-1961 STATE OF
LOUISIANA v. LEROY WHITE (Parish of Iberia)
2003-KP-2018 STATE OF
LOUISIANA v. GLENN DAVIS (Parish of Jefferson)
2003-KP-2031 STATE OF
LOUISIANA v. JOHN BRUCE (Parish of Jefferson)
2003-KP-2034 STATE OF
LOUISIANA v. DAVID STEPHENSON (Parish of
Caddo)
2003-KH-2630 STATE EX
REL DARNELL LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA
(Parish
of Orleans)
2003-KO-3118 STATE OF
LOUISIANA v. ALEXANDER SURRY, JR. (Parish
of Caddo)
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.
2003-KO-3169 STATE OF
LOUISIANA v. CRAIG PARENT (Parish of Jefferson)
2004-KO-0051 STATE OF
LOUISIANA v. BERNARD WILLIAMS, JR. (Parish
of Jefferson)
2004-C -0071 GISELLE
M. BOUTTE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF
JASMINE
R. BOUTTE v. BRIAN KELLY, THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
AND THE NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER
CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of Orleans)
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.
2004-C -0075 GISELLE
M. BOUTTE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF
JASMINE
R. BOUTTE v. BRIAN KELLY, THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
AND THE NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER
CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of Orleans)
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.
2004-KO-0139 STATE OF
LOUISIANA v. SHAUN L. BAILEY (Parish of
Orleans)
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.
2004-KO-0141 STATE OF
LOUISIANA v. NOBLE ELIAS BATES (Parish of
Caddo)
2004-KO-0142 STATE OF
LOUISIANA v. RANNELL R. CRAIG (Parish of
Orleans)
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.
2004-C -0627 WILLIAM
M. KELLER v. CLEADIEUS MCLEOD, ET AL.
(Parish
of Calcasieu)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.
2004-C -0762 COLIN TURNER,
ET AL v. MILLER TRANSPORTERS, INC.
C/W EDWARD
E. SKELTON, ET AL. v. MILLER TRANSPORTERS, INC.
(Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
2004-C -0804 COLIN TURNER,
ET AL v.MILLER TRANSPORTERS, INC.
C/W EDWARD
E. SKELTON, ET AL. v. MILLER TRANSPORTERS, INC.
(Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
2004-C -0815 EDWARD K.
MORGAN, SR. v. TERREBONNE PARISH
CONSOLIDATED
GOVERNMENT, PATRICK GORDON AND THE TERREBONNE
PARISH COUNCIL (Parish of Terrebonne)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.
KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.
2004-KK-0860 STATE OF
LOUISIANA v. VYSHAUN HOLLIDAY (Parish of
Orleans)
KIMBALL, J., concurs in reasons to grant assigned
by Weimer, J.
JOHNSON, J., concurs in reasons to grant assigned
by Weimer, J.
WEIMER, J., concurring in part; dissenting in
part. After the trial court denied a state motion
for continuance, the State entered a nolle prosequi.
The State effectively subverted the trial court's
denial of the continuance when, three days later,
the State filed a second bill of information charging
the defendant with the same two counts the State
dismissed pursuant to the nolle prosequi. I would
grant to review this procedure. See State v. Love,
00-3347, pp. 1-5 (La. 5/23/03), 847 So.2d 1198,
1213-1216.
2004-CC-0880 ERIC ALFORD
v. KEN OLIVIER, PARETTI IMPORTS, INC.
AND STATE
FARM BUREAU (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
2004-C -0883 TIFFANY
CAINE BOUDREAUX v. NORTHWOOD
PREPARATORY
HIGH SCHOOL (Parish of Tangipahoa)
2004-C -0885 SIMS RACHAL
v. GOOD NEIGHBOR GLASS, INC. (Office of
Workers'
Compensation Dist. #2)
2004-CC-0887 RICK EDMONDS,
MIKE WELCH, BRENDA O'BROCK,
DON SORRELLS,
JEFF LUCE & CLASSIC, INC. v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT,
SHREVEPORT METROPOLITAN ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
& METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION, ET AL.
(Parish of Caddo)
2004-CC-0889 NELSON NADINE
WILLIAMS v. JACKSON PARISH
HOSPITAL
(Parish of Jackson)
2004-C -0891 CLARK DUFRENE
AND CATHERINE DUFRENE v. IMPERIAL
FIRE
AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ALBERTA L. WILLIAMS
AND RICK'S CUSTOM, INC. D/B/A RICK'S AUTO COLLISION
CENTER (Parish of Jefferson)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.
2004-OB-1075 OFFICE OF
DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, CHARLES
PLATTSMIER,
CHIEF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, LOUISIANA ATTORNEY
DISCIPLINARY BOARD, RELATOR v. JACQUELINE CARR
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