The Supreme Court issued five opinions last week.

• In Thomas v. Long, a Justice Wainwright opinion, the Court took jurisdiction to hold that there was no jurisdiction. After finding that the appellate courts had appellate jurisdiction to hear the interlocutory appeal, the Court dismissed the case because of the respondent's failure to exhaust administrative remedies.
  
• In another opinion discussing the Court's jurisdiction, Brittingham-Sada De Ayala v. Mackie, Chief Justice Jefferson wrote that the Court did not have appellate jurisdiction to hear an interlocutory appeal of a trial court's denial of a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction over an ancillary probate proceeding.
  
• In The Ed Rachal Foundation v. D'Unger, the Court once again rejected invitations to create a common-law cause of action for all whistleblowers in this per curiam opinion.
  
• In the insurance case of Allstate Indemnity Co. v. Forth, the Court issued this per curiam opinion that addressed "whether an insured has standing to sue her insurance company for settling her medical bills in what the insured considered to be an arbitrary and unreasonable manner." The Court dismissed the case because were "no allegations that the insured suffered damages or that the manner in which the insurance company settled the insured’s medical expenses caused her any injury."
  
• In an election related opinion, the Court issued this per curiam opinion in In re Marion Barnett, conditionally granting relief to Reverend Marion Barnett because the Court believed that his failure to write his address in the appropriate place on his application still provided sufficient information to determine where he resides. Barnett is a candidate for an unexpired term for DISD Trustee, District Six.