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Voting-affinity data
for the 2014-2017 Terms
(September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2017)

Boyd
Boyd
Lehrmann
Lehrmann

In 2014-2017, they participated together in 231 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 191/231 82.7%
Different opinions, same judgment 17/231 7.4%
Agreed on judgment 208/231 90.0%
Disagreed on judgment 23/231 10.0%

And 86 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 46/86 53.5%
Different opinions, same judgment 17/86 19.8%
Agreed on judgment 63/86 73.3%
Disagreed on judgment 23/86 26.7%
 

Within those 86 cases that had some split opinions:

46 cases:
Joined the same opinions

17 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

23 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment