Supreme Court of Texas Blog

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

Showing the 2018-2021 Terms
(September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2021)

  Hecht Green Johnson Guzman Lehrmann Boyd Devine Brown Blacklock Willett Busby Bland Huddle
Hecht   96.2 80.0 93.1 93.8 78.8 88.2 88.2 87.1 100.0 93.8 92.3 100.0
Green 91.3   80.0 95.0 95.7 82.6 100.0 94.7 94.4 100.0 90.0 100.0  
Johnson 100.0 100.0   90.0 88.9 88.9 100.0 100.0 87.5        
Guzman 90.3 95.8 100.0   93.1 86.2 100.0 100.0 85.7   100.0 81.8 83.3
Lehrmann 93.9 84.0 54.5 90.0   81.8 100.0 72.2 90.0   100.0 100.0 100.0
Boyd 92.6 100.0 100.0 92.3 88.9   92.6 100.0 91.3 100.0 100.0 75.0 83.3
Devine 92.9 90.0 83.3 91.7 92.9 75.0   92.3 80.0 100.0 94.1 85.7 75.0
Brown 100.0 100.0 66.7 100.0 80.0 76.9 100.0   90.0 100.0 100.0    
Blacklock 96.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 86.2 96.7 100.0     95.0 94.1 88.9
Willett 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0          
Busby 70.0 75.0   94.4 100.0 95.0 90.0 100.0 94.4     83.3 66.7
Bland 84.2 100.0   83.3 100.0 87.5 89.5   83.3   94.7   100.0
Huddle 80.0     100.0 80.0 80.0 100.0   100.0   100.0 100.0  

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%.)