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

Guzman
Guzman
Devine
Devine

In 2017-2020, they participated together in 259 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 235/259 90.7%
Different opinions, same judgment 11/259 4.2%
Agreed on judgment 246/259 95.0%
Disagreed on judgment 13/259 5.0%

And 82 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 58/82 70.7%
Different opinions, same judgment 11/82 13.4%
Agreed on judgment 69/82 84.1%
Disagreed on judgment 13/82 15.9%
 

Within those 82 cases that had some split opinions:

58 cases:
Joined the same opinions

11 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

13 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment