Supreme Court of Texas Blog

How often have each Justice's
authored opinions been joined?

Showing the 2017-2020 Terms
(September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2020)

  Hecht Green Johnson Willett Guzman Lehrmann Boyd Devine Brown Blacklock Busby Bland
Hecht   94.3 84.2 100.0 90.9 93.5 78.8 91.4 92.0 87.0 88.9 83.3
Green 93.1   86.7 100.0 96.2 93.1 82.8 96.6 96.0 94.4 90.0 100.0
Johnson 93.8 100.0   83.3 92.9 93.3 92.9 93.8 100.0 87.5    
Willett 87.5 100.0 87.5   87.5 87.5 87.5 100.0 100.0      
Guzman 93.9 97.0 87.5 100.0   93.5 80.6 100.0 100.0 85.7 100.0 100.0
Lehrmann 93.5 87.1 70.6 100.0 90.0   83.9 100.0 79.2 86.4 100.0 100.0
Boyd 96.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.0 92.0   96.0 100.0 87.5 100.0 60.0
Devine 92.9 85.7 85.7 88.9 100.0 92.9 78.6   85.7 88.2 100.0 85.7
Brown 95.7 100.0 82.4 77.8 100.0 76.2 81.0 91.3   90.0 100.0  
Blacklock 100.0 100.0 100.0   100.0 100.0 95.0 100.0 100.0   100.0 100.0
Busby 75.0 75.0     100.0 100.0 100.0 91.7 100.0 100.0   90.0
Bland 80.0 100.0     90.0 100.0 87.5 90.0   100.0 100.0  

Each row shows what percentage of a Justice's opinions were "Solo" opinions and what percentage were joined by each other member of the Court. (Because not all Justices have sat on all cases, adding the overall "Solo" column to a particular Justice's join rate might total more than 100%.)