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Rester

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit

Biography pending scraper ingestion.

Judicial record

55 opinions where Rester sat on the panel, spanning 2021–2026.

55 Joined majority

By court

La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 55

By disposition

Affirmed 24
Other 5
Remanded 3
Mixed 2
Vacated 2
Denied 1
Reversed 1

Panel votes per year

How Rester's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Walter I. Lanier III for comparison (drop the overlay).

Rester
Walter I. Lanier III

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 32 shared 32 aligned compare
Chutz 23 shared 23 aligned compare
Allison H. Penzato 15 shared 15 aligned compare
Whipple 15 shared 15 aligned compare
Elizabeth P. Wolfe 12 shared 12 aligned compare
Steven Miller 4 shared 4 aligned compare
Page McClendon 3 shared 3 aligned compare
Blair D. Edwards 2 shared 2 aligned compare
John Michael Guidry 2 shared 2 aligned compare
Walter I. Lanier III 2 shared 2 aligned compare

Recent opinions

15 most recent opinions where Rester sat on the panel.

Docket	Court	Filed	Disposition	Case
2025 CA 0055	La. Ct. App. 1st Cir.	2026-01-07	Affirmed	Mayo Whitton, Dea Whitton v. The Louisiana Housing Finance Agency
2025 CA 0246	La. Ct. App. 1st Cir.	2025-11-07	Affirmed	Laurie B. Hebert, Individually and Kevin Hebert v. Louisiana State University S…
2025 CA 0480	La. Ct. App. 1st Cir.	2025-11-07	Vacated in part; reversed in part; and rendered	Professor Ken M. Levy v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and…
2024CJ1141	La. Ct. App. 1st Cir.	2025-02-21	Affirmed and remanded with instructions	State of Louisiana in the interest of S.J., S.J., S.L.
2024CW1074	La. Ct. App. 1st Cir.	2025-01-13	Writ denied	Deere Credit, Inc. v. LRS, LLC, Jeremy Landry Trucking, LLC, and Jeremy Joseph …
2024KA0134	La. Ct. App. 1st Cir.	2024-12-30	—	State Of Louisiana v. Daniel Martinez
2023KA1298	La. Ct. App. 1st Cir.	2024-12-20	Vacated	State Of Louisiana v. Eric Harris
2024CA0363	La. Ct. App. 1st Cir.	2024-12-13	Reversed	70340 Hwy 21, L.L.C. and Restaurant Hwy 21, L.L.C. v. Revive Holdings 21, LLC
2024CA0201	La. Ct. App. 1st Cir.	2024-12-11	Affirmed	Allen Robinson v. Steve Williams, Continental Freight, Progressive Insurance, a…
2023CA1290	La. Ct. App. 1st Cir.	2024-12-11	—	Michael D. Bryant v. Helix Energy Solutions, Inc.
2024CW0088	La. Ct. App. 1st Cir.	2024-05-10	Stay denied	Trufund Financial Services, Inc. v. City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Ro…
2023CA0732	La. Ct. App. 1st Cir.	2024-03-05	Reversed in part; affirmed in part; and remanded	Dorothy Jackson v. The Board of Supervisors For The Southern University And Agr…
2023CA0036	La. Ct. App. 1st Cir.	2023-09-15	Affirmed	Ikeal Davenport v. Yusef Chew and the City of Baker
2023CA0098	La. Ct. App. 1st Cir.	2023-09-15	Affirmed	Christopher George Sanders v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Correct…
2023CA0017	La. Ct. App. 1st Cir.	2023-08-24	—	Jason Herod v. State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and…