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Voting-affinity data
for the 2017-2020 Terms
(September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2020)

Bland
Bland
Hecht
Hecht

In 2017-2020, they participated together in 61 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 50/61 82.0%
Different opinions, same judgment 2/61 3.3%
Agreed on judgment 52/61 85.2%
Disagreed on judgment 9/61 14.8%

And 21 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 10/21 47.6%
Different opinions, same judgment 2/21 9.5%
Agreed on judgment 12/21 57.1%
Disagreed on judgment 9/21 42.9%
 

Within those 21 cases that had some split opinions:

9 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment