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

Devine
Devine
Lehrmann
Lehrmann

In 2017-2020, they participated together in 262 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 230/262 87.8%
Different opinions, same judgment 15/262 5.7%
Agreed on judgment 245/262 93.5%
Disagreed on judgment 17/262 6.5%

And 83 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 51/83 61.4%
Different opinions, same judgment 15/83 18.1%
Agreed on judgment 66/83 79.5%
Disagreed on judgment 17/83 20.5%
 

Within those 83 cases that had some split opinions:

51 cases:
Joined the same opinions

15 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

17 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment