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Voting-affinity data
for the 2014-2017 Terms
(September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2017)

Johnson
Johnson
Boyd
Boyd

In 2014-2017, they participated together in 232 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 195/232 84.1%
Different opinions, same judgment 13/232 5.6%
Agreed on judgment 208/232 89.7%
Disagreed on judgment 24/232 10.3%

And 86 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 49/86 57.0%
Different opinions, same judgment 13/86 15.1%
Agreed on judgment 62/86 72.1%
Disagreed on judgment 24/86 27.9%
 

Within those 86 cases that had some split opinions:

49 cases:
Joined the same opinions

13 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

24 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment