Judge
Currently Seated
Christopher Hester
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Judicial record
865 opinions where Christopher Hester sat on the panel, spanning 2021–2026.
2
Majority authored
863
Joined majority
By court
By disposition
Panel votes per year
How Christopher Hester's panel-seat count has shifted year by year.
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- Christopher Hester
Most-frequent co-panelists
Judges who appeared on the same opinions. aligned = same bucket (both majority, both dissent); partial = concurred in result but wrote separately; split = the meaningful disagreement (majority vs dissent).
- Mitchell R. Theriot 397 shared 397 aligned compare
- Elizabeth P. Wolfe 268 shared 268 aligned compare
- Allison H. Penzato 226 shared 226 aligned compare
- Whipple 224 shared 224 aligned compare
- Chutz 214 shared 214 aligned compare
- Walter I. Lanier III 172 shared 172 aligned compare
- Blair D. Edwards 64 shared 64 aligned compare
- Holdridge 49 shared 49 aligned compare
- Steven Miller 41 shared 41 aligned compare
- Kelly Balfour 30 shared 30 aligned compare
Recent opinions
15 most recent opinions where Christopher Hester sat on the panel.
| Docket | Court | Filed | Disposition | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 CA 0286 | La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. | 2026-09-18 | Granted in part | Pastor Mark Anthony Spell and First Apostolic Church of East Baton Rouge v. Gov… |
| 2026 CW 0686 | La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. | 2026-09-14 | Writ granted | Trustee for Debtor in bankruptcy, Offshore Specialty Fabricators, LLC v. Stephe… |
| 2026 CW 0152 | La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. | 2026-03-20 | Stay lifted | Nyajia Williams v. Alvin White, Jr |
| 2025 CW 0895 | La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. | 2026-03-05 | Writ dismissed | Natchez Trace Property Owners Association, Inc. v. Michael R. Branighan and Mic… |
| 2025 CW 0813 | La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. | 2026-03-04 | Writ granted | Darci Williamson v. BR Pig, LLC D_B_A Shoppers Value Foods |
| 2025 CW 1229 | La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. | 2026-02-24 | Writ denied | Ghassan Zaben v. Mohammad M. Farooqi and Talat Farooqi |
| 2025 CW 1204 | La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. | 2026-02-23 | Writ denied | Jeanne M. Didier v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company |
| 2025 KW 1364 | La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. | 2026-02-23 | Writ denied | State Of Louisiana v. Dominique Vallier |
| 2026 CW 0085 | La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. | 2026-02-23 | — | Kendrick Lacoste v. Sgt. Benjamin Barnes |
| 2025 CW 1117 | La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. | 2026-02-23 | Writ denied | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. The City of Slidell and Ameri… |
| 2025 KW 1228 | La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. | 2026-02-23 | Writ denied | State Of Louisiana v. Tristen Pena |
| 2025 KW 1339 | La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. | 2026-02-23 | Writ denied | State Of Louisiana v. Michael Louis Costa |
| 2025 KW 1356 | La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. | 2026-02-23 | Writ denied | State Of Louisiana v. Demond Austin |
| 2025 KW 1260 | La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. | 2026-02-23 | — | State Of Louisiana v. Gerard A. Bell |
| 2025 KW 1243 | La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. | 2026-02-23 | Writ denied as moot | State Of Louisiana v. Dedrick Matthews |