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Voting-affinity data
for the 2010-2018 Terms
(September 1, 2009 to August 31, 2018)

Hecht
Hecht
Brown
Brown

In 2010-2018, they participated together in 433 decisions (including per curiams)

Joined the same opinions 401/433 92.6%
Different opinions, same judgment 10/433 2.3%
Agreed on judgment 411/433 94.9%
Disagreed on judgment 22/433 5.1%

And 109 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 77/109 70.6%
Different opinions, same judgment 10/109 9.2%
Agreed on judgment 87/109 79.8%
Disagreed on judgment 22/109 20.2%
 

Within those 109 cases that had some split opinions:

77 cases:
Joined the same opinions

10 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

22 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment