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Voting-affinity data
for the 2014-2016 Terms
(September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2016)

Guzman
Guzman
Hecht
Hecht

In 2014-2016, they participated together in 177 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 146/177 82.5%
Different opinions, same judgment 14/177 7.9%
Agreed on judgment 160/177 90.4%
Disagreed on judgment 17/177 9.6%

And 70 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 39/70 55.7%
Different opinions, same judgment 14/70 20.0%
Agreed on judgment 53/70 75.7%
Disagreed on judgment 17/70 24.3%
 

Within those 70 cases that had some split opinions:

39 cases:
Joined the same opinions

14 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

17 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment