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NEWS RELEASE #019

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 15th day of March, 2005 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION :

2005-CC-0385       AUDUBON TRACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. v. BRIGNAC-DERBES, INC., ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

On the 16th day of March, 2005 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

INTERIM SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE ORDER :

2005-B -0648       IN RE: ANDREW C. ENGOLIO

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

2005-C -0483       BROADMOOR, L.L.C. v. ERNEST N. MORIAL NEW ORLEANS EXHIBITION HALL AUTHORITY C/W MCDONNEL/PCL, A JOINT VENTURE vs. THE ERNEST N. MORIAL NEW ORLEANS EXHIBITION HALL AUTHORITY BY AND THROUGH ITS BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS C/W MCDONNEL/PCL, A JOINT VENTURE v. ERNEST N. MORIAL NEW ORLEANS EXHIBITION HALL AUTHORITY BY AND THROUGH ITS BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (Parish of Orleans)

WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

2005-C -0542       BROADMOOR, L.L.C. v. ERNEST N. MORIAL NEW ORLEANS EXHIBITION HALL AUTHORITY C/W MCDONNEL/PCL, A JOINT VENTURE vs. THE ERNEST N. MORIAL NEW ORLEANS EXHIBITION HALL AUTHORITY BY AND THROUGH ITS BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS C/W MCDONNEL/PCL, A JOINT VENTURE v. ERNEST N. MORIAL NEW ORLEANS EXHIBITION HALL AUTHORITY BY AND THROUGH ITS BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (Parish of Orleans)

WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

2005-CC-0663       CHARLES AND CONSTANCE DAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2005-KK-0667       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DANA THIBODEAUX (Parish of St. Landry)

TRAYLOR, J., additionally concurs in the denial as jeopardy has attached.

On the 17th day of March, 2005 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED :

2003-KH-2715       STATE EX REL TROY ALEMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

2004-K -1969       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEVI JOSEPH GARRICK (Parish of St. Landry)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2005-CP-0724       JOHN G. AUGMAN v. LYNDEN BURTON, ET AL (Parish of St. Mary)

On the 18th day of March, 2005 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

MOTION GRANTED, APPLICATION DISMISSED AT RELATOR'S REQUEST :

2004-K -2827       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DILLON JAMES MERRITT (Parish of Natchitoches)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER :

2004-KP-2868       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEROME HINES (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ.

2005-CC-0222       JULIA S. MOSS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER DECEASED HUSBAND, MICHAEL MOSS, CAITRIN H. MOSS AND SEAN M. MOSS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA AND STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

KIMBALL, J., would deny the writ.

JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ.

TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT :

2005-KH-0421       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALFRED WADE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2005-KH-0547       STATE EX REL SYLVESTER MEAD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2005-KH-0554       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ADONIS GAYNOR (Parish of Orleans)

PERMANENT DISBARMENT ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM :

2005-B -0035       IN RE: PAUL J. YAEGER

APPLICATION(S) FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED :

2003-KH-3356       STATE EX REL GERALD THRASH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)

2004-KH-0257       STATE EX REL HAROLD GASSENBERGER, III v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-C -2698       CORNELL JOHNSON v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RR, ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson Davis)

2004-C -2748       VERNON COOPER v. PUBLIC BELT RAILROAD, AUDUBON INSTITUTE, REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY, TRANSIT MANAGEMENT OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA, INC., PARK ONE, INC. AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

2004-CC-2867       KELVIN WELLS v. JUDGE PAMELA JOHNSON, THE JUVENILE COURT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED :

2005-CC-0028       CAJUN CONSTRUCTORS, INC. v. VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2005-C -0105       EARL LEE SCOTT AND FELICIA A. SCOTT v. JAMES RAY ROBERTS, ET AL. (Parish of Beauregard)

STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED :

2005-CC-0079       JO ANN P. LEVERT v. GERALD MARTINEZ, MANUEL A. FERNANDEZ AND G. FREDERICK SEEMANN, AND FERNANDEZ AND SEEMANN IN PARTNERSHIP (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-KK-0104       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TRACEY E. JACOBS (Parish of St. James)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

2004-KH-0253       STATE EX REL ANTONIO GALLAGHER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-KH-0264       STATE EX REL LIONEL JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-KH-0361       STATE EX REL. MICHAEL WARDLAW v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2004-KH-0385       STATE EX REL ALBERT WASHINGTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)

2004-KH-0390       STATE EX REL ELRICK J. GALLOW v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Evangeline)

2004-KH-0392       STATE EX REL TROY GROS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-KH-0417       STATE EX REL BRUCE HINES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)

2004-CI-0544       STATE EX REL JOHN WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tensas)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2004-KH-0726       STATE EX REL FLOYD CURLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0730       STATE EX REL EARL BURNELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)

2004-KH-0830       STATE EX REL ANTHONY PIERCE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0832       STATE EX REL. WILBERT ROBERTSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2004-KH-0862       STATE EX REL PERRY MACK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0865       STATE EX REL JOHN A. WIMBERLY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

2004-KH-0866       STATE EX REL VICTOR GAINES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)

2004-KH-0895       STATE EX REL JOHN HILL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0899       STATE EX REL ALLEN JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0908       STATE EX REL BRIAN POULLARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)

2004-KH-0933       STATE EX REL JOHN HILL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-1178       STATE EX REL JOSHUA DIAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2004-KH-1183       STATE EX REL LEROY CHATMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

2004-KH-1220       STATE EX REL ERIC LAYMON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-1232       STATE EX REL PAUL V. CRAIG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2004-KH-1236       STATE EX REL AHMAD GOODMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

2004-KH-1245       STATE EX REL DESSIE R. TUCKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-KH-1247       STATE EX REL ROBERT WASHINGTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Winn)

2004-KH-1257       STATE EX REL LEO FRANKLIN LOONEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

2004-KH-1259       STATE EX REL HERBERT ESTES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-1260       STATE EX REL BRUCE CALWAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-1323       STATE EX REL LON WASHINGTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-1325       STATE EX REL RONNIE FELDER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-C -2751       JUDY BARTON v. CICERO AND EARLINE HINES (Parish of Avoyelles)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

2004-C -2802       SHELBY JOSEPH HIMEL, JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CURATOR OF SANDRA RHODES HIMEL v. THE STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, WAL-MART STORES, INC., GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY AND THE KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRE COMPANY (Parish of St. James)

2004-KO-2830       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HORACE ARDOIN (Parish of Evangeline)

2004-KO-2831       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROMERO P. HUNT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2004-KO-2832       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GARY JEFFERSON (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KO-2833       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BILLY LYNN HENDRICKS (Parish of Caddo)

2004-KO-2834       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALISHA J. DISOTELL (Parish of Caddo)

2004-KO-2854       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DAVID A. JONES (Parish of Lafayette)

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant and remand for hearing on ineffective assistance of counsel.

KIMBALL, J., would grant and remand for hearing on ineffective assistance of counsel.

WEIMER, J., would grant and remand for hearing on ineffective assistance of counsel.

2004-KP-2856       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ERIC JOHN GUILBEAU (Parish of St. Landry)

2004-CC-2861       WALTER A. GLOD, JR. v. W. GREGORY BAKER, ET AL. AND W. GREGORY BAKER, ET AL. v. CHRIS A. VERRET (Parish of Lafayette)

2004-CC-2866       WALTER A. GLOD, JR. v. W. GREGORY BAKER, ET AL. AND W. GREGORY BAKER, ET AL. v. CHRIS A. VERRET (Parish of Lafayette)

2004-KP-2912       GLENN DAVIS v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-K -2913       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRY LEON WHITE, III (Parish of St. Tammany)

2004-KP-2914       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANDRE RICARDO SHAW (Parish of Lafayette)

2004-K -2919       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDDIE GIVENS (Parish of Orleans)

2004-C -2971       URSULA BULOT, ET AL v. INTRACOASTAL TUBULAR SERVICES, INC., ET AL C/W FRANCES CRAFT, LEE CRAFT, JR., KENNETH CRAFT, CATHERINE ANDERSAN, DELORES LEWIS, LEE ROY CRAFT, JEROME CRAFT AND LAQUITA SPULOCK, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF LEE CRAFT, JR. v. INTRACOASTAL TUBULAR SERVICES, INC., ET AL C/W KENNETH AND FANETTE CRAFT v. INTRACOASTAL TUBULAR SERVICES, INC., ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

2004-C -2995       ROGER D. CRAIG v. BANTEK WEST, INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation District 6)

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

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2004-KH-3078       STATE EX REL WILBERT ROBERTSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2004-CC-3083       CHARLOTTE S. BURT, PROVISIONAL CURATRIX OF LESLIE SULLIVAN ON BEHALF OF LESLIE SULLIVAN v. HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA CORPORATION, ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR COMPANY, AND WAYNE R. COBB (Parish of Livingston)

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

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2004-CC-3181       GEORGE DOUGLAS YOUNG, ET AL. v. TAYLOR-SEIDENBACH, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2005-C -0001       ALBERT PIERRE AND SOUTHEAST AGGREGATES, INC. v. SCOTT CONSTRUCTION CO./SCOTT CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, TEREX CRANES, INC., G.C. GREER CO., CNA REINSURANCE CO., LIMITED AND CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO. C/W AUDUBON INDEMNITY CO., AND SCOTT CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT CO., L.L.C. v. SOUTHEAST AGGREGATE, INC. AND SECURITY INSURANCE CO. OF HARTFORD (Parish of Tangipahoa)

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

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2005-CC-0009       URSULA BULOT, ET AL. v. INTRACOASTAL TUBULAR SERVICES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2005-C -0014       WASTE MANAGEMENT OF LOUISIANA, LLC v. TADLOCK PIPE & EQUIPMENT, INC. (Parish of Calcasieu)

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

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2005-CC-0016       DEBBIE CASE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER DECEASED DAUGHTER, DAWN FOLSE v. ST. CHARLES PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE (Parish of St. Charles)

2005-C -0030       SUCCESSION OF ANNIE RUTH CONLEY COLE BROWN; C0NNIE DANIEL COLE v. MAUD C. OSBORNE AND KARL L. COLE (Parish of Caddo)

2005-CC-0031       DENISE TEMPLE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DOTD (Parish of St. John)

2005-C -0045       SHARON BRADLEY; CHERI DELAUNE; FORREST FACIANE; MAXINE FACIANE; EMMETT REIS AND TINA REIS v. MELVIN PRANGE, JR. D/B/A MELVIN PRANGE JR. CONSTRUCTION CO.; JANICE WEBB PRANGE; ELIZABETH BENTSON; DISTINCTIVE REAL ESTATE, INC.; LARRY BRELAND, JR. D/B/A BRELAND APPRAISAL; NORTH AMERICAN MORTGAGE COMPANY; DAVID S. OLIVIER, D/B/A MURPHY BLOSSMAN & OLIVIER, L.L.C.; UNION PLANTERS BANK, N.A. AND MARYLAND CASUALTY (Parish of St. Tammany)

2005-C -0046       FERRELL LAVERGNE v. QUALITY FABRICATORS OF EUNICE, INC., ET AL (Parish of St. Landry)

2005-C -0047       RAYMOND MORGAN ALLEN v. LOUIS SIMON AND ALLSTATE INS. CO. (Parish of Lafayette)

2005-C -0068       JENNIE ALLEN v. TOWN OF LECOMPTE, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2005-C -0071       PAMELA ANN LAHAYE v. GRAND PALAIS RIVERBOAT, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2005-CC-0072       ANGELE DASSEL v. WILLIAM DUNN, JR., WILLIAM DUNN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF HIS MINOR SON, WILLIAM DUNN, JR., LINDA DUNN, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2005-CC-0076       MAC HATTEN, ET AL. v. SCHWERMAN TRUCKING COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Grant)

2005-C -0077       MICHAEL J. FONTENOT v. REDDELL VIDRINE WATER DISTRICT (Office of Workers' Compensation District 2)

2005-C -0078       ANDREA M. EDMONDSON v. DR. STANLEY T. HOOVER (Parish of Lafayette)

2005-C -0080       PAUL M. ARCENEAUX v. ROY DE LA ROSA, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)

2005-C -0082       DONNIE MORRIS BANKS COOPER HAMILTON AND TORI RASHONE HAMILTON v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT (Parish of Caddo)

2005-C -0083       JASON M. RODRIGUEZ AND MISTY M. RODRIGUEZ v. ED'S MOBILE HOMES OF BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA, ET AL. (Parish of Sabine)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2005-C -0086       VERNITA THOMAS v. ALLIANCE COMPRESSORS (Office of Workers' Compensation Dist. 2)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2005-C -0093       GEORGE SETLIFF, ET AL. v. RAPIDES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)

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

KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.

2005-CC-0094       URSULA BULOT, ET AL. v. INTRACOASTAL TUBULAR SERVICES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2005-C -0101       SUSAN BROWN, ET AL. v. FOSTER R. STICKLEY, M.D., ET AL. (Parish of Acadia)

2005-KK-0102       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL HALL (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2005-CC-0110       DENNIS J. MCCARTHY v. AMERICAN CYANIMID CO., ET AL. (Parish of St. Bernard)

TRAYLOR, J., recused.

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2005-KK-0112       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JACOSA TROMBLEY (Parish of Terrebonne)

CALOGERO, C.J., recused.

2005-OC-0113       KIMBERLY MORVANT TRICHE v. DAVID J. TRICHE (Parish of Terrebonne)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2005-C -0117       LANE B. DAVIS v. CLIFFORD B. FENERTY, STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, FREDERICK N. SMITH AND MARYLAND INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-CC-0119       MOREL G. LEMOINE DISTRIBUTORS, INC. v. SHIRLEY G. SOPRANO D/B/A GINO'S EXXON (Parish of Pointe Coupee)

2005-CC-0122       PATRICK E. PHILLIPS, JR. ET AL. v. G & H SEED COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of St. Landry)

2005-KH-0305       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PERCY JACOBS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2005-CC-0339       MARY K. BROCATO, WIFE OF AND ROBERT M. BROCATO, D.D.S. v. O.S. JOHNSON, INC., FORMERLY O.S. JOHNSON DIRT CONTRACTOR, INC., STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY AND RCS CONTRACTORS, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

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

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2005-CI-0414       STATE EX REL JESSIE TENNART v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2005-KH-0553       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ASHLEY D. ROBINSON (Parish of Orleans)