Supreme Court of Texas Blog

How often have each Justice's
authored opinions been joined?

Showing the 2006-2009 Terms
(September 1, 2005 to August 31, 2009)

  Hecht O'Neill Jefferson Wainwright Brister Medina Green Johnson Willett
Hecht   52.4 75.0 87.0 83.3 70.8 86.4 79.2 95.2
O'Neill 82.8   96.7 79.3 89.7 93.3 92.3 89.7 75.9
Jefferson 81.6 100.0   92.3 81.6 89.7 97.2 94.7 91.9
Wainwright 100.0 64.7 78.9   77.8 84.2 94.7 100.0 100.0
Brister 87.5 73.0 84.2 77.5   97.4 92.3 75.0 93.9
Medina 80.0 95.7 88.0 92.0 75.0   82.6 88.0 83.3
Green 95.7 82.6 91.7 95.8 91.7 70.8   91.7 77.3
Johnson 85.2 56.0 81.5 100.0 76.9 77.8 88.0   80.8
Willett 92.3 80.0 80.8 84.6 76.0 72.0 100.0 92.3  

Each row shows what percentage of a Justice's opinions were "Solo" opinions and what percentage were joined by each other member of the Court. (Because not all Justices have sat on all cases, adding the overall "Solo" column to a particular Justice's join rate might total more than 100%.)