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

Devine
Devine
Hecht
Hecht

In 2017-2020, they participated together in 271 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 241/271 88.9%
Different opinions, same judgment 1/271 0.4%
Agreed on judgment 250/271 92.3%
Disagreed on judgment 21/271 7.7%

And 57 of those led to at least one dissent from the judgment

Joined the same opinions 35/57 61.4%
Different opinions, same judgment 1/57 1.8%
Agreed on judgment 36/57 63.2%
Disagreed on judgment 21/57 36.8%
 

Within those 57 cases that had a dissent:

35 cases:
Joined the same opinions

21 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment