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Voting-affinity data
for the 2020-2023 Terms
(September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2023)

Blacklock
Blacklock
Bland
Bland

In 2020-2023, they participated together in 260 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 206/260 79.2%
Different opinions, same judgment 25/260 9.6%
Agreed on judgment 231/260 88.8%
Disagreed on judgment 29/260 11.2%

And 93 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 39/93 41.9%
Different opinions, same judgment 25/93 26.9%
Agreed on judgment 64/93 68.8%
Disagreed on judgment 29/93 31.2%
 

Within those 93 cases that had some split opinions:

39 cases:
Joined the same opinions

IN THE INTEREST OF J.S., A CHILD, No. 22-0420
BlacklockBlandMajority
LADONNA DEGAN, RIC TERRONES, JOHN MCGUIRE, REED HIGGINS, MIKE GURLEY, LARRY EDDINGTON, AND STEVEN MCBRIDE v. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DALLAS POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM, No. 19-0234
BlacklockBlandMajority
IN RE LINDA DURNIN, ERIC KROHN, & MICHAEL LOVINS, No. 21-0170
BlacklockBlandMajority
DAVID A. SKEELS v. JONATHAN T. SUDER; MICHAEL T. COOKE; AND FRIEDMAN, SUDER & COOKE, P.C., No. 21-1014
BlacklockBlandMajority
SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY v. AUSTIN BRIDGE & ROAD, L.P. AND HAYWARD BAKER, INC., No. 17-0905
BlacklockBlandMajority
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION v. GLENN HEGAR, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, No. 18-0566
BlacklockBlandMajority
IN RE THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY; MIKE MORATH, COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY; AND DORIS DELANEY, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY, No. 20-0404
BlacklockBlandMajority
SIBEL ONASIS FERRER v. MADALENA ELIZABETH ALMANZA, ISABELLA P. ALMANZA, AND ALBERT BOONE ALMANZA, No. 21-0513
BlacklockBlandMajority
AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. BERTHA ARCE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, No. 21-0843
BlacklockBlandMajority
WASTE MANAGEMENT OF TEXAS, INC. AND RIGOBERTO ZELAYA v. ROBERT STEVENSON, No. 19-0282
BlacklockBlandMajority
IN RE CHRISTIANSON AIR CONDITIONING & PLUMBING, LLC AND CONTINENTAL HOMES OF TEXAS, LP, No. 20-0384
BlacklockBlandMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF G.X.H., JR. AND B.X.H., CHILDREN v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, No. 19-0959
BlacklockBlandMajority
EX PARTE R.P.G.P., No. 19-1051
BlacklockBlandDissent
FINLEY RESOURCES, INC., FINLEY PRODUCTION CO., L.P. AND PETRO CANYON ENERGY, LLC v. HEADINGTON ROYALTY, INC. AND HEADINGTON ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC, No. 21-0509
BlacklockBlandMajority
AEROTEK, INC. v. LERONE BOYD, MICHAEL MARSHALL, JIMMY ALLEN, AND TROJUAN CORNETT, No. 20-0290
BlacklockBlandMajority
IN RE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS, No. 20-0525
BlacklockBlandPer Curiam
KATHLEEN POWELL & PAUL LUCCIA v. CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, No. 19-0689
BlacklockBlandConcurrence
BlacklockBlandMajority
UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD v. VALERIE REDUS, ET AL., No. 18-0351
BlacklockBlandMajority
W&T OFFSHORE, INC. v. WESLEY FREDIEU, No. 18-1134
BlacklockBlandMajority
IN RE G.S., No. 21-0127
BlacklockBlandMajority
MO-VAC SERVICE COMPANY, INC. v. PRIMITIVO ESCOBEDO, INDIVIDUALLY, SAN JUANITA ESCOBEDO, INDIVIDUALLY, AND MARTHA ESCOBEDO, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF FABIAN ESCOBEDO, No. 18-0852
BlacklockBlandMajority
BONSMARA NATURAL BEEF COMPANY, LLC AND GEORGE CHAPMAN, INDIVIDUALLY v. HART OF TEXAS CATTLE FEEDERS, LLC, JAMES MICHAEL HAYES, INDIVIDUALLY, LYNN LANDRUM, INDIVIDUALLY, AND HENRY O. PICKETT II, INDIVIDUALLY, No. 19-0263
BlacklockBlandMajority
EX PARTE K.T. v. K.T., No. 20-0977
BlacklockBlandMajority
PEDIATRICS COOL CARE, ET AL. v. GINGER THOMPSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF A.W.(DECEASED), AND BRAD WASHINGTON, No. 21-0238
BlacklockBlandMajority
ODYSSEY 2020 ACADEMY, INC. v. GALVESTON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, No. 19-0962
BlacklockBlandMajority
RODNEY DRAUGHON v. JOYCIE JOHNSON, No. 20-0158
BlacklockBlandDissent
IN RE ACADEMY, LTD. D/B/A ACADEMY SPORTS + OUTDOORS, No. 19-0497
BlacklockBlandMajority
GUY JAMES GRAY v. PATRICIA SKELTON, No. 18-0386
BlacklockBlandDissent
IN THE INTEREST OF D.T., A CHILD, No. 20-0055
BlacklockBlandMajority
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES v. N.J., No. 20-0940
BlacklockBlandMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF D.S., A CHILD, No. 18-0908
BlacklockBlandMajority
THOMAS BRANDON PERTHUIS v. BAYLOR MIRACA GENETICS LABORATORIES, LLC, No. 21-0036
BlacklockBlandMajority
IN RE C.J.C., No. 19-0694
BlacklockBlandMajority
ROBERT W. VAN BOVEN M.D., D.D.S. v. SCOTT FRESHOUR, MARGARET MCNEESE, CHRIS PALAZOLA, AMY SWANHOLM, TIMOTHY WEBB, AND SHERIF ZAAFRAN, M.D., IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS OFFICERS OF THE TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD, No. 20-0117
BlacklockBlandMajority
INDUSTRIAL SPECIALISTS, LLC v. BLANCHARD REFINING COMPANY LLC AND MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP, No. 20-0174
BlacklockBlandConcurrence
CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS v. JIMMY CHANGAS, INC., No. 21-0307
BlacklockBlandDissent
IN THE MATTER OF TROY S. POE TRUST, No. 20-0179
BlacklockBlandMajority
GREG ABBOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, ET AL. v. HARRIS COUNTY, ET AL., No. 22-0124
BlacklockBlandMajority
MOSAIC BAYBROOK ONE, L.P. AND MOSAIC BAYBROOK TWO, L.P. v. PAUL SIMIEN, No. 19-0612
BlacklockBlandDissent

25 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

IN RE STEVEN HOTZE, M.D., HON. ALLEN WEST, REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS, HON. SID MILLER, HON. MARK HENRY, HON. CHARLES PERRY, HON. PAT FALLON, HON. BILL ZEDLER, HON. CECIL BELL, JR., HON. STEVE TOTH, HON. DAN FLYNN, HON. MATT RINALDI, HON. RICK GREEN, HON. MOLLY WHITE, HARRIS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY/HON. KEITH NIELSEN, HON. BRYAN SLATON, HON. ROBIN ARMSTRONG, M.D., JIM GRAHAM, HON. CATHIE ADAMS, HON. JOANN FLEMING, JULIE MCCARTY, SHARON HEMPHILL, AND AL HARTMAN, No. 20-0739
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockBlandMajority
THE LILITH FUND FOR REPRODUCTIVE EQUITY v. MARK LEE DICKSON AND RIGHT TO LIFE EAST TEXAS, No. 21-0978
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockBlandMajority
HOUSTON AREA SAFETY COUNCIL, INC. AND PSYCHEMEDICS CORPORATION v. GUILLERMO M. MENDEZ, No. 21-0496
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockBlandMajority
ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS, INC. v. PANDA POWER GENERATION INFRASTRUCTURE FUND, LLC, D/B/A PANDA POWER FUNDS, ET AL., No. 18-0781
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockBlandMajority
TOTALENERGIES E&P USA, INC. v. MP GULF OF MEXICO, LLC, No. 21-0028
BlacklockBlandMajority
SpeckBlandConcurrence
THE EL PASO EDUCATION INITIATIVE, INC., D/B/A BURNHAM WOOD CHARTER SCHOOL v. AMEX PROPERTIES, LLC, No. 18-1167
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockBlandMajority
ENERGEN RESOURCES CORPORATION v. BRYCE J. WALLACE, ELITE DRILLERS CORPORATION, AND UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY AND ITS PARENT, UNITED FIRE GROUP, INC., No. 20-0451
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
SpeckBlandMajority
IN RE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, No. 20-0134
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockBlandMajority
IN RE K & L AUTO CRUSHERS, LLC AND THOMAS GOTHARD, JR., No. 19-1022
SpeckBlandConcurrence
BlacklockSpeckMajority
GREG ABBOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS; AND RUTH HUGHS, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE v. THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE AUSTIN, SOUTHWEST, AND TEXOMA REGIONS; COMMON CAUSE TEXAS; AND ROBERT KNETSCH, No. 20-0846
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockBlandPer Curiam
HOUSECANARY, INC. F/K/A CANARY ANALYTICS, INC. v. TITLE SOURCE, INC., REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, AND HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES, No. 19-0673
SpeckBlandConcurrence
BlacklockSpeckMajority
PATRICK VON DOHLEN, BRIAN GRECO, KEVIN JASON KHATTAR, MICHAEL KNUFFKE, AND DANIEL PETRI v. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, No. 20-0725
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
SpeckBlandMajority
IN RE STATE OF TEXAS, No. 20-0394
SpeckBlandConcurrence
BlacklockSpeckMajority
VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT v. CURTIS MECK, No. 18-0458
SpeckBlandConcurrence
BlacklockSpeckMajority
IN RE DIOCESE OF LUBBOCK, No. 20-0127
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockBlandMajority
TEXAS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, HARTFORD UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY, TASB RISK MANAGEMENT FUND, TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE COMPANY, TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE, TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, VALLEY FORGE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. v. PHI AIR MEDICAL, LLC, No. 18-0216
BlacklockBlandConcurrence
BlacklockSpeckMajority
JIM OLIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, D/B/A PHOTOLIVE, INC. v. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM, No. 19-0605
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockBlandMajority
CITY OF BAYTOWN v. ALAN SCHROCK, No. 20-0309
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockBlandMajority
ELEPHANT INSURANCE COMPANY, LLC v. LORRAINE KENYON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF THEODORE KENYON, No. 20-0366
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockBlandMajority
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS v. ABDUL PRIDGEN AND VANCE KEYES, No. 20-0700
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockBlandMajority
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES; JOHN HELLERSTEDT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS DSHS v. CROWN DISTRIBUTING LLC; AMERICA JUICE CO., LLC; CUSTOM BOTANICAL DISPENSARY, LLC; 1937 APOTHECARY, LLC, No. 21-1045
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockBlandMajority
SARAH GREGORY AND NEW PRIME, INC. v. JASWINDER CHOHAN, ET AL., No. 21-0017
SpeckBlandConcurrence
BlacklockBlandPlurality
COLLIN CREEK ASSISTED LIVING CENTER, INC. D/B/A/ DAYSPRING ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITY v. CHRISTINE FABER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR AT LAW OF CARMELINA “MILLIE” SMITH, DECEASED, No. 21-0470
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockBlandMajority
ANGELA HORTON AND KEVIN HOUSER v. THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, No. 21-0769
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockBlandMajority
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER - EL PASO v. DR. LINDSEY NIEHAY, No. 22-0179
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockBlandMajority

29 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment

TEXAS BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS; PATRICK FORTNER, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE BOARD'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; AND TEXAS CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION v. TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, No. 18-1223
SpeckBlandDissent
BlacklockBlandMajority
DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY, L.P., F/K/A GEOSOUTHERN DEWITT PROPERTIES, LLC, BPX PROPERTIES (NA) LP, GEOSOUTHERN ENERGY CORPORATION, AND BPX PRODUCTION COMPANY v. MICHAEL A. SHEPPARD, ET AL., No. 20-0904
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority
IN RE MARIA TERESA RAMIREZ MORRIS, AND TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE, INC., No. 23-0111
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN PRESIDENT JAY HARTZELL, ET AL. v. S.O., No. 20-0811
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority
LOUIS HINOJOS v. STATE FARM LLOYDS AND RAUL PULIDO, No. 19-0280
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority
IN THE GUARDIANSHIP OF JAMES E. FAIRLEY, No. 20-0328
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority
EX PARTE E.H., No. 18-0932
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority
SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY v. VICENTE MEDINA, ASHLEY MEDINA & ARIS ANTONIOU, No. 19-0400
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority
IN RE FARMERS TEXAS COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, No. 19-0701
BlacklockSpeckDissent
BlacklockBlandMajority
IN RE USAA GENERAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, No. 20-0075
SpeckBlandDissent
BlacklockSpeckMajority
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY v. DANIEL WES IRWIN, No. 19-0885
SpeckBlandDissent
BlacklockSpeckMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF J.F.-G., A CHILD, No. 20-0378
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority
BROADWAY NATIONAL BANK, TRUSTEE OF THE MARY FRANCES EVERS TRUST, ET AL. v. YATES ENERGY CORPORATION, EOG RESOURCES, INC., JALAPENO CORPORATION, ACG3 MINERAL INTERESTS, LTD., GLASSELL NON-OPERATED INTERESTS, LTD., AND CURRY GLASSELL, No. 19-0334
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority
DAWN NETTLES v. GTECH CORPORATION AND THE TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION, No. 17-1010
BlacklockSpeckConcur/Dissent
BlacklockBlandMajority
WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC.; WARNER BROS. TECHNICAL OPERATIONS, INC. D/B/A WARNER BROS. ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES; TMZ PRODUCTIONS, INC.; EHM PRODUCTION, INC. D/B/A TMZ; TMZ.COM; AND ELIZABETH MCKERNAN v. ROBERT JONES, No. 18-0068
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority
IN RE ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC, No. 19-0662
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority
BPX OPERATING COMPANY, BPX PROPERTIES (NA) LP, SEGUNDO NAVARRO DRILLING, LTD., FIRST ROCK I, LLC, EF NON-OP, LLC, AND SOUTH TEXAS SHALE, LLC v. MARGARET ANN STRICKHAUSEN, No. 19-0567
SpeckBlandDissent
BlacklockSpeckMajority
IN RE GREG ABBOTT IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS; JAIME MASTERS IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES; AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, No. 22-0229
BlacklockSpeckDissent
BlacklockBlandMajority
JAMES CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC AND PRIMORIS SERVICES CORPORATION v. WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORPORATION, No. 20-0079
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandDissent
BlacklockBlandMajority
PIRANHA PARTNERS, RANDOLPH MUNDT, AND THOMAS H. OWEN, JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PARTNERS OF PIRANHA PARTNERS, AND CHARLES RAY OWEN v. JOE B. NEUHOFF AND NANCY M. NEUHOFF; THOMAS H. NEUHOFF AND JUDY A. NEUHOFF; ROBERT V. NEUHOFF AND ANDREA D. NEUHOFF; AND BOCA VAIL, INC., No. 18-0581
SpeckBlandDissent
BlacklockSpeckMajority
TEXAS PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION v. THE CITY OF HOUSTON, No. 19-0767
SpeckBlandMajority
BlacklockSpeckConcur/Dissent
IN RE COLTON LESTER, No. 18-1041
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF J.W., A CHILD, No. 19-1069
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority
CLINTON W. (“BUDDY”) PIKE, SR., DANIEL L. WALKER, W. TOBIN WILSON, VHSC CEMENT, LLC, AND FEW READY MIX CONCRETE CO. v. TEXAS EMC MANAGEMENT, LLC, TEXAS EMC PRODUCTS, LP, AND EMC CEMENT, BV, No. 17-0557
SpeckBlandDissent
BlacklockBlandMajority
S.C. v. M.B., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF I.C., No. 20-0552
SpeckBlandDissent
BlacklockSpeckMajority
GLENN HEGAR, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION, No. 21-0080
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority
GREG ABBOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS; JOHN SCOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF STATE OF TEXAS; THE STATE OF TEXAS v. MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS, TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; ROLAND GUTIERREZ; SARAH ECKHARDT; RUBEN CORTEZ, JR.; TEJANO DEMOCRATS, No. 22-0008
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF A.A., G.A., AND K.A., CHILDREN, No. 21-0998
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority
MCLANE CHAMPIONS, LLC AND R. DRAYTON MCLANE, JR. v. HOUSTON BASEBALL PARTNERS LLC, No. 21-0641
BlacklockSpeckDissent
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckBlandMajority