3rd Circuit Court of Appeal

Press Release

Opinions Rendered From 03/09/05 To 03/09/05

Opinions written by: Hon. Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux

CA 04 01358

ROBIE FISHER CRAWFORD HINDS

VERSUS

GEORGE HINDS

Date Filed: 10/06/2004

Trial Court: Rapides

Pineville City Court

Trial Court Number: 4-0312

Trial Judge: Jesse Phillip Terrell Jr.

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Majority Opinion Rendered

The Opinion was Published

The Opinion - Reversed and Rendered

Opinion Panel:

Hon. Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux - Writing

Hon. Jimmie C. Peters

Hon. Marc T. Amy

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Opinions written by: Hon. Sylvia R. Cooks

CA 04 01583

RONNIE CEASAR

VERSUS

EVANGELINE DOWNS, ET AL.

Date Filed: 12/03/2004

Trial Court: ST. LANDRY

Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court

Trial Court Number: 03-C-5341-C

Trial Judge: Hon. Alonzo Harris

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Motion Opinion

The Opinion was not Published

The Opinion - Appeal Dismissed

Opinion Panel:

Hon. Sylvia R. Cooks - Writing

Hon. Glenn B. Gremillion

Hon. Billy Howard Ezell

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Opinions written by: Hon. John D. Saunders

CA 04 01412

BARBARA ROBERTS, ET AL.

VERSUS

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INS. CO., ET AL.

Date Filed: 10/19/2004

Trial Court: Rapides

Ninth Judicial District Court

Trial Court Number: 215,356

Trial Judge: Hon. Harry Fred Randow

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Majority Opinion Rendered

The Opinion was not Published

The Opinion - Affirmed

Opinion Panel:

Hon. John D. Saunders - Writing

Hon. Oswald A. Decuir

Hon. James T. Genovese

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Opinions written by: Hon. Oswald A. Decuir

KA 04 01027

STATE OF LOUISIANA

VERSUS

WILBERT TOUCHET, JR.

Date Filed: 07/29/2004

Trial Court: Vermilion

Fifteenth Judicial District Court

Trial Court Number: 39800

Trial Judge: Hon. John Damian Trahan

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Majority Opinion Rendered

The Opinion was Published

The Opinion - Reversed and Remanded

Opinion Panel:

Hon. Oswald A. Decuir - Writing

Hon. Glenn B. Gremillion

Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett - Dissents in Part

Remarks: and assigns written reasons.

Opinion Remarks: Reverse and Vacate the Conviction of

Aggravated Rape, Enter a Judgment of Guilty of Sexual

Battery and Remand for Sentencing; Reverse and Vacate the

Conviction of Second Degree Battery, Enter a Judgment of

Guilty of Simple Battery and Remand for Sentencing; Reverse

and Vacate the Conviction of False Imprisonment.

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Opinions written by: Hon. Jimmie C. Peters

CA 04 01613

HENRY MOREAU and GERALDINE MOREAU, ET AL.

VERSUS

AVOYELLES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

Date Filed: 12/10/2004

Trial Court: Avoyelles

Twelfth Judicial District Court

Trial Court Number: 2004-6842-B

Trial Judge: Hon. William Bennett

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Majority Opinion Rendered

The Opinion was Published

The Opinion - Affirmed

Opinion Panel:

Hon. Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux

Hon. Jimmie C. Peters - Writing

Hon. Marc T. Amy

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Opinions written by: Hon. Michael G. Sullivan

KM 05 00001

STATE OF LOUISIANA

VERSUS

PAUL JOHN FRANK

Lead Case KA 05 0000232 consolidated with KM 05 0000001

Date Filed: 01/25/2005

Trial Court: Iberia

Sixteenth Judicial District Court

Trial Court Number: 49123

Trial Judge: Hon. Gerard B. Wattigny

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Motion Opinion

The Opinion was Published

The Opinion - Appeal Dismissed

Opinion Panel:

Hon. Oswald A. Decuir

Hon. Michael G. Sullivan - Writing

Hon. James T. Genovese

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CM 05 00138

JUANITA THIBODEAUX, ET AL

VERSUS

CONOCO PHILLIPS COMPANY, ET AL

Date Filed: 02/03/2005

Trial Court: Calcasieu

Fourteenth Judicial District Court

Trial Court Number: 2003-481

Trial Judge: Hon. Wilford D. Carter

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Motion Opinion

The Opinion was not Published

The Opinion - Motion Denied.

Opinion Panel:

Hon. Oswald A. Decuir

Hon. Michael G. Sullivan - Writing

Hon. James T. Genovese

Opinion Remarks: Motion to Dismiss Denied.

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KA 05 00232

STATE OF LOUISIANA

VERSUS

PAUL FRANK

Lead Case KA 05 0000232 consolidated with KM 05 0000001

Date Filed: 02/25/2005

Trial Court: Iberia

Sixteenth Judicial District Court

Trial Court Number: 49123

Trial Judge: Hon. Gerard B. Wattigny

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Majority Opinion Rendered

The Opinion was Published

The Opinion - Appeal Dismissed

Opinion Panel:

Hon. Oswald A. Decuir

Hon. Michael G. Sullivan - Writing

Hon. James T. Genovese

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Opinions written by: Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett

CA 04 01069

CHARLES RAY TAYLOR, JR., ET AL.

VERSUS

RICHARD J. CLEMENT, M.D., LPCF

Date Filed: 08/09/2004

Trial Court: Calcasieu

Fourteenth Judicial District Court

Trial Court Number: 99-191

Trial Judge: Hon. J. David Painter

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Majority Opinion Rendered

The Opinion was Published

The Opinion - Other Decree

Opinion Panel:

Hon. Sylvia R. Cooks – Dissents

Remarks: and assigns written reasons.

Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett - Writing

Hon. Billy Howard Ezell

Opinion Remarks: Question Certified to the Louisiana

Supreme Court.

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CA 04 01235

SUSAN ARRINGTON, ETC.

VERSUS

ER PHYSICIANS GROUP, APMC, ET AL.

Date Filed: 09/13/2004

Trial Court: Calcasieu

Fourteenth Judicial District Court

Trial Court Number: 97-4329

Trial Judge: Hon. J. David Painter

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Majority Opinion Rendered

The Opinion was Published

The Opinion - Other Decree

Opinion Panel:

Hon. Sylvia R. Cooks – Dissents

Remarks: and assigns written reasons.

Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett - Writing

Hon. Billy Howard Ezell

Opinion Remarks: Question Certified to the Louisiana

Supreme Court.

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KA 04 01366

STATE OF LOUISIANA

VERSUS

ANTHONY JEROD GUILLORY

Date Filed: 10/07/2004

Trial Court: Allen

Thirty-Third Judicial District Court

Trial Court Number: CR2002-2407

Trial Judge: Hon. John P. Navarre

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Majority Opinion Rendered

The Opinion was not Published

The Opinion - Affirmed

Opinion Panel:

Hon. Sylvia R. Cooks

Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett - Writing

Hon. Billy Howard Ezell

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CA 04 01386

KENNETH J. POTTS, (now deceased), ET AL.

VERSUS

THE ESTATE OF WAYNE A. GUIDRY, ET AL.

Date Filed: 10/12/2004

Trial Court: Jefferson Davis

Thirty-First Judicial District Court

Trial Court Number: C-208-94

Trial Judge: Hon. Wendell R. Miller

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Majority Opinion Rendered

The Opinion was Published

The Opinion - Reversed and Remanded

Opinion Panel:

Hon. Sylvia R. Cooks

Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett - Writing

Hon. Billy Howard Ezell

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CA 04 01395

LANA DORE', ET UX.

VERSUS

DR. WESTON PETER MILLER, III

Date Filed: 10/15/2004

Trial Court: Vermilion

Fifteenth Judicial District Court

Trial Court Number: 79447

Trial Judge: Hon. Jules David Edwards III

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Majority Opinion Rendered

The Opinion was not Published

The Opinion - Affirmed

Opinion Panel:

Hon. Sylvia R. Cooks - Dissents

Remarks: and assigns written reasons.

Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett - Writing

Hon. Billy Howard Ezell

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Opinions written by: Hon. Billy Howard Ezell

CA 04 01649

JOSHUA ARRINGTON

VERSUS

DELOIS JAMES CAMPBELL

Date Filed: 12/20/2004

Trial Court: Rapides

Ninth Judicial District Court

Trial Court Number: 216,979

Trial Judge: Hon. George Clarence Metoyer Jr

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Majority Opinion Rendered

The Opinion was Published

The Opinion - REVERSED, RENDERED, AND REMANDED.

Opinion Panel:

Hon. Sylvia R. Cooks - Concurs

Hon. Elizabeth A. Pickett

Hon. Billy Howard Ezell - Writing

Opinion Remarks: Cooks, J., concurs in the majority

opinion, finding only the allegations of sexual abuse

amount to a material change in circumstance affecting the

child's welfare since the September, 2003 consent judgment

changing the custody of the child.

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Opinions written by: Hon. James T. Genovese

CA 04 01403

HEATHER REIDER

VERSUS

LOUISIANA BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR STATE COLLEGES

Date Filed: 10/15/2004

Trial Court: Calcasieu

Fourteenth Judicial District Court

Trial Court Number: 98-935

Trial Judge: Hon. Alcide Joseph Gray

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Majority Opinion Rendered

The Opinion was Published

The Opinion - Affirmed

Opinion Panel:

Hon. John D. Saunders

Hon. Oswald A. Decuir

Hon. James T. Genovese - Writing

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CA 04 01420

MARGARET HUDDLESTON, ET AL.

VERSUS

VANCE D. LUTHER, ET AL.

Date Filed: 10/20/2004

Trial Court: Rapides

Ninth Judicial District Court

Trial Court Number: 197,231

Trial Judge: Hon. Harry Fred Randow

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Majority Opinion Rendered

The Opinion was Published

The Opinion - Affirmed

Opinion Panel:

Hon. John D. Saunders

Hon. Oswald A. Decuir

Hon. James T. Genovese - Writing

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CA 04 01663

CHASTITY ARDOIN

VERSUS

MITCHELL BOURGEOIS

Date Filed: 12/22/2004

Trial Court: Cameron

Thirty-Eighth Judicial District Court

Trial Court Number: 10-16088

Trial Judge: Hon. H. Ward Fontenot

Opinion Rendered on: 03/09/05 - Motion Opinion

The Opinion was not Published

The Opinion - Motion Denied.

Opinion Panel:

Hon. Oswald A. Decuir

Hon. Michael G. Sullivan

Hon. James T. Genovese - Writing

Opinion Remarks: Motion to Dismiss Appeal Denied.

Total Civil Cases 12

Civil PC Opinions 0

Civil PC Publish 0

Civil PC Not Publish 0

Civil Majority Opinions 10

Civil Majority Publish 8

Civil Majority Not Publish 4

Civil Opinion on Motions 2

Total Criminal Cases 3

Criminal PC Opinions 0

Criminal PC Publish 0

Criminal PC Not Publish 0

Criminal Majority Opinions 3

Criminal Majority Publish 2

Criminal Majority Not Publish 1

Criminal Opinion on Motions 0

Total Juvenile Cases 0

Juvenile PC Opinions 0

Juvenile PC Publish 0

Juvenile PC Not Publish 0

Juvenile Majority Opinions 0

Juvenile Majority Publish 0

Juvenile Majority Not Publish 0

Juvenile Opinion on Motions 0

Total Workers Comp Cases 0

Workers Comp PC Opinions 0

Workers Comp PC Publish 0

Workers Comp PC Not Publish 0

Workers Comp Majority Opinions 0

Workers Comp Majority Publish 0

Workers Comp Majority Not Publish 0

Workers Comp Opinion on Motions 0

Total Consolidated Cases 0

Total Opinion on Writ Grants 0

Total Opinion on Remands 0

Total Dismissed Appeals 0

Total Joint Motions to Dismiss Appeal 0

Total Dismiss by Court Order 0

Total Civil Motions 0

Total Criminal Motions 0