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

Hecht
Hecht
Boyd
Boyd

In 2017-2020, they participated together in 261 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 208/261 79.7%
Different opinions, same judgment 0/261 0.0%
Agreed on judgment 221/261 84.7%
Disagreed on judgment 40/261 15.3%

And 52 of those led to at least one dissent from the judgment

Joined the same opinions 12/52 23.1%
Different opinions, same judgment 0/52 0.0%
Agreed on judgment 12/52 23.1%
Disagreed on judgment 40/52 76.9%
 

Within those 52 cases that had a dissent:

12 cases:
Joined the same opinions

0 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

40 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment