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NEWS RELEASE # 053

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 22nd day of June, 2004, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

RESIGNATION ACCEPTED; SEE PER CURIAM:

2004-OB-1320       IN RE: ROBERT C. THOMAS

STAY GRANTED:

2004-KP-1553       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JUAN A. SMITH (Parish of Orleans)

On the 23rd day of June, 2004, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION WITHDRAWN ON RELATOR'S MOTION:

2004-CC-1516       ELIZABETH TALMADGEOFF WINTERS, ET AL. v.

AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC. (Parish of Orleans)

STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:

2004-CC-1564       WILLIAM PAYTON DOHERTY, JR. v. GARY LITTLETON

(Parish of Calcasieu)

WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:

2004-KK-1530       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SAMUEL LANCE VERRETT

(Parish of St. Charles)

VICTORY, J., would deny the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would deny the writ.

On the 25th day of June, 2004, the following action was taken by theSupreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED:

2004-C -0968       TERREBONNE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD v. CASTEX

ENERGY, INC. SAMSON HYDROCARBONS COMPANY, BOIS D'ARC CORPORATION, FINA OIL & CHEMICAL COMPANY, SAMSON RESOURCES COMPANY (Parish of Terrebonne)

TRAYLOR, J., recused.

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:

2004-C -0806       BERNICE WADSWORTH HINES AND WENDI WADSWORTH

v. CHARLES GARRETT, ONEBEACON INSURANCE CO. AND AMERICAN CENTRAL INSURANCE CO. (Parish of Red River)

See Per Curiam.

TRAYLOR, J., dissents, would prefer to deny the writ.

2004-CC-1316       STEPHEN P. BASCO, ET UX v. LIBERTY MUTUAL

INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)

See Per Curiam.

KIMBALL, J., would deny the writ.

JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would deny the writ.

2004-CC-1518       STEPHEN P. BASCO, ET UX v. LIBERTY MUTUAL

INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)

KIMBALL, J., would deny the writ.

JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would deny the writ.

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER; DENIED IN PART:

2003-KK-3349       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LAWRENCE JACOBS (Parish of

Jefferson)

See Per Curiam.

TRAYLOR, J., would deny the writ.

KNOLL, J., recused.

PERMISSION TO TAKE BAR EXAM GRANTED:

2004-OB-1510       IN RE: SEAN O. LAUGHLIN

DISBARMENT ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:

2004-B -0238       IN RE: JOSHUA G. FRANK, JR.

2004-B -0437       IN RE: HENRY B. JONES

CALOGERO, C.J., would suspend three years.

PERMANENT DISBARMENT ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM :

2004-B -0403       IN RE: ROXANNE D. ANDRUS

DISCIPLINE ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM :

2003-B -3539       IN RE: LOUIS JEFFRIES LAQUE, III

2004-B -0288       IN RE: JAMES DAVID TURNAGE

ADJUDGED GUILTY OF ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS; SEE PER CURIAM:

2004-B -0167       IN RE: JOHN D. COLLINSWORTH

APPLICATION FOR REHEARING NOT CONSIDERED:

2001-B -1775       IN RE: BILLY GENE WATLEY AND AMY E. WATLEY

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED:

2003-KH-0920       STATE EX REL JOSEPH SIAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

(Parish of Jefferson)

2003-KH-1049       STATE EX REL REGINALD ANDREWS v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)

2003-KH-1319       STATE EX REL CLAUDE E. WOODS v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)

2003-KH-1417       STATE EX REL JEROME NORMAN v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2003-KH-2312       STATE EX REL WARREN L. JORDAN v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED:

2004-C -1108       VIENNA HURT v. WILLIAM J. BARROIS (Parish of Lafayette)

LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED:

2002-OB-2650       IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD

NO. 02-PDB-062

REHEARING DENIED:

2004-KP-0454       STATE EX REL RICHARD MOHOGANY v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the rehearing.

2004-KP-0455       STATE EX REL ALBERT REY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

(Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the rehearing.

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2003-KH-1177       STATE EX REL ANDRE EVANS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

(Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

WEIMER, J., recused.

2003-KH-1724       STATE EX REL JASON B. SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

(Parish of Rapides)

2003-KH-1825       STATE EX REL DOMINIC LEBOUEF v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)

WEIMER, J., recused.

2003-KH-1851       STATE EX REL MARJORIE ANN BRAGGS v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of Natchitoches)

2003-KH-1878       STATE EX REL DAVID L. LIGHTSEY, SR. v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)

WEIMER, J., recused.

2003-KH-1880       STATE EX REL GARY BROOKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

(Parish of St. Landry)

2003-KH-1898       STATE EX REL RAGILLE DUPLESSIS v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2003-KH-1899       STATE EX REL ANDRE JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

(Parish of Lasalle)

2003-KH-1900       STATE EX REL CHARLES BENTON v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)

2003-KH-1909       STATE EX REL GABRIEL BENNETT v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)

2003-KH-1913       STATE EX REL THEODORE SCOTT SMITH v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

WEIMER, J., recused.

2003-KH-1914       STATE EX REL HERBERT BATISTE v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2003-KH-1915       STATE EX REL SIDNEY MARK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

(Parish of Washington)

2003-KH-1917       STATE EX REL JOHNELL DEMPSEY v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2003-KH-1974       STATE EX REL JERRY HAMLIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

(Parish of Orleans)

2003-KH-1975       STATE EX REL JOHNNIE L. JAMES v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

2003-KH-1995       STATE EX REL CARMEN CASTENEDA v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

2003-KH-1996       STATE EX REL DAMON BAKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

(Parish of Webster)

2003-KH-2040       STATE EX REL DARRYL EVERSON v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2003-KH-2044       STATE EX REL ROY CARROLL PAULK v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2003-KH-2049       STATE EX REL DARRIN KENNY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

(Parish of Orleans)

2003-KH-2064       STATE EX REL RONNIE D. HAYES v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2003-KH-2069       STATE EX REL ROBERT KEVIN MCCARTNEY v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)

2003-KH-2081       STATE EX REL MICHAEL HITE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

(Parish of Orleans)

2003-KH-2086       STATE EX REL JOHN WIELAND v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

(Parish of Jefferson)

2003-KH-2087       STATE EX REL TREMELL CONDOLL v. STATE OF

LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2003-KP-2384       STATE EX REL GARY LEROUX v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN,

LOUISIANA STATE PRISON ANGOLA, LOUISIANA (Parish of St. John)

2003-C -3416       ROY W. HALL AND HELEN HALL v. THE FOLGER COFFEE

COMPANY AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY C/W THE FOLGER COFFEE COMPANY v. ROY W. HALL AND HELEN HALL (Parish of Orleans)

2004-K -0307       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTHONY YOUNG (Parish of West

Feliciana)

2004-K -0310       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICHARD BLAKE PENDERGRAST

(Parish of St. Tammany)

2004-K -0335       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LASHONDA DAVIS (Parish of E.

Baton Rouge)

2004-KO-0339       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CAMERON L. EMANUEL-DUNN

(Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2004-KO-0340       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NATHANIEL LAGARDE (Parish of

Orleans)

2004-KO-0376       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHRISTOPHER ROSS (Parish of

Rapides)

2004-KO-0380       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLENT SMITH (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-KO-0381       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENNETH ROBICHEAUX (Parish

of Jefferson)

2004-KO-0418       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DANIEL PERRILLOUX (Parish of

St. Charles)

2004-KO-0419       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLENT SMITH (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-K -0438       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GLENN LEO WILLIAMS (Parish of

Orleans)

2004-KO-0439       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JASON REBARDI (Parish of St.

Mary)

2004-KO-0441       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDDIE DARANDER (Parish of E.

Baton Rouge)

2004-K -0448       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROMALIS A. HARTWELL (Parish of

Jefferson)

2004-K -0449       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES STEWART (Parish of St.

John)

2004-K -0450       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CALVIN WILLIAMS (Parish of

Jefferson)

2004-K -0466       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDWARD REAUX (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.

2004-K -0470       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SAMUEL S. MURRAY (Parish of

Orleans)

2004-K -0475       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARVIN EARL GARRETT (Parish

of Desoto)

2004-C -0878       FLOYD BOONE, JR. v. MID-STATE MARKETING (Office of

Workers' Compensation District 02)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

2004-C -0969       LAKELAND ANESTHESIA, INC. v. UNITED HEALTHCARE

OF LOUISIANA, INC. (Parish of Orleans)

2004-C -0972       LAKELAND ANESTHESIA, INC. v. UNITED HEALTHCARE

OF LOUISIANA, INC. (Parish of Orleans)

2004-CC-1008       IN RE: HARVEY TERM LITIGATION (Parish of Orleans)

2004-C -1009       MERITPLAN INSURANCE COMPANY v. ANTHONY

DESALVO AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

2004-CC-1014       ROXANNA B. RASTEGAR v. MAGNOLIA SCHOOL, INC.

(Office of Workers' Comp. Dist. 7)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2004-C -1027       GLORIA LOUSTEAU v. K-MART CORPORATION (Parish of

Jefferson)

2004-C -1048       SUNDAY GUIDRY, ET AL. v. THE GATES CORPORATION,

ET AL. (Parish of Vermilion)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2004-CC-1049       HUGO BERRIOS & SONS (HB&S), LTD. v. MULATE'S OF

NEW ORLEANS, INC. ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2004-C -1050       LOMAINE FILOGENE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF

OF HER MINOR CHILD, ASHLEY FILOGENE v. VICTOR BROWN, M.D. AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2004-KK-1070       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN BLAKE STANFORD C/W

JADE ONIEL DUBOIS (Parish of Vermilion)

2004-KK-1071       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN BLAKE STANFORD C/W

JADE ONIEL DUBOIS (Parish of Vermilion)

2004-CC-1072       LOUISIANA SAFETY ASSOCIATION OF TIMBERMEN v.

HARRY MARIONNEAUX DBA HARRY MARIONNEAUX LOGGING (Parish of Winn)

2004-CC-1073       BILOXI MARSH LANDS CORPORATION v. THE MABEL

ISABEL MOLERO QUATROY REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST, ET AL. (Parish of St. Bernard)

2004-C -1083       JULIE B. D'AQUILLA v. SAMUEL C. D'AQUILLA (Parish of

East Feliciana)

2004-C -1084       COFFEE BAY INVESTORS, L.L.C. v. W.O.G.C. COMPANY

(Parish of Terrebonne)

2004-C -1085       CHAD LAPOINT, AND CONSTANCE A. LAPOINT,

INDIVIDUALLY, AND ON BEHALF OF THE MINOR CHILD, ALEXANDER LAPOINT v. JASON SMITH, AND LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Cameron)

2004-C -1088       MARIO SCRAMUZZA v. RIVER OAKS INC., D/B/A RIVER

OAKS HOSPITAL AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

2004-C -1090       MARILYN VIRGIS v. VIDALIA APPAREL (Office of Workers'

Compensation District #2)

2004-CC-1097       JUDI ABRUSLEY, ET AL. v. CENTENNIAL CELLULAR

CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Allen)

TRAYLOR, J., recused.

2004-C -1099       ALISON K. SKAMANGAS v. LARRY STOCKTON, ET AL

(Parish of Bossier)

2004-C -1100       PATRICK M. LASALLE v. THE CANNATA CORPORATION

(Parish of St. Mary)

2004-C -1102       MYRTIS GARNER v. BROOKSHIRE BROTHERS, LTD. (Parish

of Sabine)

2004-C -1103       MYRTIS GARNER v. BROOKSHIRE BROTHERS, LTD. (Parish

of Sabine)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2004-CC-1107       BETTY MCGEE, ET AL. v. ACANDS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of

Orleans)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2004-C -1109       ZOLA TURNER v. LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU CASUALTY

INSURANCE CO., ET AL. (Parish of Vermilion)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J.,would grant the writ.

WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

2004-C -1110       OPIATE REPLACEMENT THERAPY CENTERS OF AMERICA,

INC. v. THE STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS, BUREAU OF HEALTH STANDARDS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2004-CC-1114       LOUISIANA PATIENTS COMPENSATION FUND

OVERSIGHT BOARD v. WILLIAM T. EDWARDS, AS LEGAL GUARDIAN OF ALEXANDER LASHLEY, AND DENNIS SMITH (Parish of Ouachita)

2004-CP-1115       CURLEY L. CALLOWAY v. SHERIFF JERRY LARPENTER,

ET AL. (Parish of Terrebonne)

2004-CC-1120       GOLD, WEEMS, BRUSER, SUES & RUNDELL v. TOMMIE

MACK GRANGER (Parish of Rapides)

2004-C -1125       ALISON K. SKAMANGAS v. LARRY STOCKTON, ET AL.

(Parish of Bossier)

2004-C -1130       DARLENE JOHNSON, ET AL. v. CITY OF MONROE (Parish of

Ouachita)

2004-C -1131       MARGARET FONTENOT v. WAL-MART STORES, INC. (Office

of Workers' Compensation #3)

2004-KK-1133       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CAROLYN AXTON (Parish of

Ouachita)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2004-C -1135       MICHAEL K. LEWIS v. CYNTHIA MCCRAY LEWIS (Parish of

Orleans)

2004-C -1136       TIGER PETROLEUM, L.C. v. HIBERNIA CORPORATION

D/B/A HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK (Parish of Lafayette)

2004-C -1140       JOHNNY JENKINS v. ROY O. MARTIN LUMBER, INC.

(Office of Workers' Comp. Dist. 2)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2004-C -1145       RALPH T. BARNES v. RIVERWOOD APARTMENTS

PARTNERSHIP AND THE CITY OF MONROE (Parish of Ouachita)

2004-C -1146       BETTY SMITH, ET AL. v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., D/B/A

WAL-MART SUPERCENTER (Parish of Natchitoches)

2004-C -1147       CORNELIUS LEE & ANDERSON LEE, JR. IN THEIR

OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ADMINISTRATORS OF THE SUCCESSION OF ANDERSON LEE & NATHAN LEE v. THE SUCCESSION OF ESTELLA J. LEE AND P.B. BROWN, INC. (Parish of East Carroll)

2004-CC-1151       IN RE: HARVEY TERM LITIGATION (Parish of Orleans)

2004-C -1210       ZOLA TURNER v. LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU CASUALTY

INSURANCE CO., ET AL. (Parish of Vermilion)

2004-CC-1211       IN RE: HARVEY TERM LITIGATION (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-1347       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DOUGLAS ROBERTSON (Parish

of E. Baton Rouge)

APPLYING FOR THE ADOPTION OF J.O. (Parish of Lafourche)

Baton Rouge)