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Voting-affinity data
for the 2020-2023 Terms
(September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2023)

Blacklock
Blacklock
Lehrmann
Lehrmann

In 2020-2023, they participated together in 381 decisions (including per curiams)

Joined the same opinions 326/381 85.6%
Different opinions, same judgment 19/381 5.0%
Agreed on judgment 345/381 90.6%
Disagreed on judgment 36/381 9.4%

And 93 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 38/93 40.9%
Different opinions, same judgment 19/93 20.4%
Agreed on judgment 57/93 61.3%
Disagreed on judgment 36/93 38.7%
 

Within those 93 cases that had some split opinions:

38 cases:
Joined the same opinions

LADONNA DEGAN, RIC TERRONES, JOHN MCGUIRE, REED HIGGINS, MIKE GURLEY, LARRY EDDINGTON, AND STEVEN MCBRIDE v. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DALLAS POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM, No. 19-0234
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
TEXAS BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS; PATRICK FORTNER, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE BOARD'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; AND TEXAS CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION v. TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, No. 18-1223
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
GEORGE P. BUSH, AS THE LAND COMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE v. LONE OAK CLUB, LLC, No. 18-0264
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
IN RE LINDA DURNIN, ERIC KROHN, & MICHAEL LOVINS, No. 21-0170
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF J.S., A CHILD, No. 22-0420
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
IN RE THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY; MIKE MORATH, COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY; AND DORIS DELANEY, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY, No. 20-0404
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
TOTALENERGIES E&P USA, INC. v. MP GULF OF MEXICO, LLC, No. 21-0028
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY v. AUSTIN BRIDGE & ROAD, L.P. AND HAYWARD BAKER, INC., No. 17-0905
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION v. GLENN HEGAR, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, No. 18-0566
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
WILLIAM A. BREWER III v. LENNOX HEARTH PRODUCTS, LLC; TURNER & WITT PLUMBING, INC.; STRONG CUSTOM BUILDERS, LLC; THERMO DYNAMIC INSULATION, LLC; STATE FARM LLOYDS INSURANCE COMPANY; KEN AND BECKY TEEL; ROSS AND MEG RUSHING, No. 18-0426
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD v. VALERIE REDUS, ET AL., No. 18-0351
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. BERTHA ARCE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, No. 21-0843
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
WASTE MANAGEMENT OF TEXAS, INC. AND RIGOBERTO ZELAYA v. ROBERT STEVENSON, No. 19-0282
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
IN RE CHRISTIANSON AIR CONDITIONING & PLUMBING, LLC AND CONTINENTAL HOMES OF TEXAS, LP, No. 20-0384
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY v. DANIEL WES IRWIN, No. 19-0885
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
FINLEY RESOURCES, INC., FINLEY PRODUCTION CO., L.P. AND PETRO CANYON ENERGY, LLC v. HEADINGTON ROYALTY, INC. AND HEADINGTON ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC, No. 21-0509
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
IN RE K & L AUTO CRUSHERS, LLC AND THOMAS GOTHARD, JR., No. 19-1022
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
AEROTEK, INC. v. LERONE BOYD, MICHAEL MARSHALL, JIMMY ALLEN, AND TROJUAN CORNETT, No. 20-0290
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
IN RE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS, No. 20-0525
BlacklockLehrmannPer Curiam
BROADWAY NATIONAL BANK, TRUSTEE OF THE MARY FRANCES EVERS TRUST, ET AL. v. YATES ENERGY CORPORATION, EOG RESOURCES, INC., JALAPENO CORPORATION, ACG3 MINERAL INTERESTS, LTD., GLASSELL NON-OPERATED INTERESTS, LTD., AND CURRY GLASSELL, No. 19-0334
BlacklockLehrmannDissent
HOUSECANARY, INC. F/K/A CANARY ANALYTICS, INC. v. TITLE SOURCE, INC., REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, AND HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES, No. 19-0673
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
MO-VAC SERVICE COMPANY, INC. v. PRIMITIVO ESCOBEDO, INDIVIDUALLY, SAN JUANITA ESCOBEDO, INDIVIDUALLY, AND MARTHA ESCOBEDO, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF FABIAN ESCOBEDO, No. 18-0852
BlacklockSpeckMajority
CLINTON W. (“BUDDY”) PIKE, SR., DANIEL L. WALKER, W. TOBIN WILSON, VHSC CEMENT, LLC, AND FEW READY MIX CONCRETE CO. v. TEXAS EMC MANAGEMENT, LLC, TEXAS EMC PRODUCTS, LP, AND EMC CEMENT, BV, No. 17-0557
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
BONSMARA NATURAL BEEF COMPANY, LLC AND GEORGE CHAPMAN, INDIVIDUALLY v. HART OF TEXAS CATTLE FEEDERS, LLC, JAMES MICHAEL HAYES, INDIVIDUALLY, LYNN LANDRUM, INDIVIDUALLY, AND HENRY O. PICKETT II, INDIVIDUALLY, No. 19-0263
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
EX PARTE K.T. v. K.T., No. 20-0977
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT v. CURTIS MECK, No. 18-0458
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
BPX OPERATING COMPANY, BPX PROPERTIES (NA) LP, SEGUNDO NAVARRO DRILLING, LTD., FIRST ROCK I, LLC, EF NON-OP, LLC, AND SOUTH TEXAS SHALE, LLC v. MARGARET ANN STRICKHAUSEN, No. 19-0567
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
TEXAS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, HARTFORD UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY, TASB RISK MANAGEMENT FUND, TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE COMPANY, TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE, TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, VALLEY FORGE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. v. PHI AIR MEDICAL, LLC, No. 18-0216
BlacklockLehrmannConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
JIM OLIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, D/B/A PHOTOLIVE, INC. v. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM, No. 19-0605
BlacklockLehrmannConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
IN RE ACADEMY, LTD. D/B/A ACADEMY SPORTS + OUTDOORS, No. 19-0497
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
CITY OF BAYTOWN v. ALAN SCHROCK, No. 20-0309
BlacklockLehrmannConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
THOMAS BRANDON PERTHUIS v. BAYLOR MIRACA GENETICS LABORATORIES, LLC, No. 21-0036
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
ROBERT W. VAN BOVEN M.D., D.D.S. v. SCOTT FRESHOUR, MARGARET MCNEESE, CHRIS PALAZOLA, AMY SWANHOLM, TIMOTHY WEBB, AND SHERIF ZAAFRAN, M.D., IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS OFFICERS OF THE TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD, No. 20-0117
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
S.C. v. M.B., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF I.C., No. 20-0552
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
IN THE MATTER OF TROY S. POE TRUST, No. 20-0179
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
ODYSSEY 2020 ACADEMY, INC. v. GALVESTON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, No. 19-0962
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF A.P., A CHILD, No. 22-0482
BlacklockLehrmannOther
IN THE INTEREST OF G.X.H., JR. AND B.X.H., CHILDREN v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, No. 19-0959
BlacklockLehrmannMajority

19 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

GREG ABBOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS; AND RUTH HUGHS, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE v. THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE AUSTIN, SOUTHWEST, AND TEXOMA REGIONS; COMMON CAUSE TEXAS; AND ROBERT KNETSCH, No. 20-0846
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
SpeckLehrmannConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannPer Curiam
IN RE STEVEN HOTZE, M.D., HON. ALLEN WEST, REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS, HON. SID MILLER, HON. MARK HENRY, HON. CHARLES PERRY, HON. PAT FALLON, HON. BILL ZEDLER, HON. CECIL BELL, JR., HON. STEVE TOTH, HON. DAN FLYNN, HON. MATT RINALDI, HON. RICK GREEN, HON. MOLLY WHITE, HARRIS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY/HON. KEITH NIELSEN, HON. BRYAN SLATON, HON. ROBIN ARMSTRONG, M.D., JIM GRAHAM, HON. CATHIE ADAMS, HON. JOANN FLEMING, JULIE MCCARTY, SHARON HEMPHILL, AND AL HARTMAN, No. 20-0739
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
THE LILITH FUND FOR REPRODUCTIVE EQUITY v. MARK LEE DICKSON AND RIGHT TO LIFE EAST TEXAS, No. 21-0978
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
THE EL PASO EDUCATION INITIATIVE, INC., D/B/A BURNHAM WOOD CHARTER SCHOOL v. AMEX PROPERTIES, LLC, No. 18-1167
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
ENERGEN RESOURCES CORPORATION v. BRYCE J. WALLACE, ELITE DRILLERS CORPORATION, AND UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY AND ITS PARENT, UNITED FIRE GROUP, INC., No. 20-0451
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
SpeckLehrmannMajority
IN RE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, No. 20-0134
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
KATHLEEN POWELL & PAUL LUCCIA v. CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, No. 19-0689
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
PATRICK VON DOHLEN, BRIAN GRECO, KEVIN JASON KHATTAR, MICHAEL KNUFFKE, AND DANIEL PETRI v. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, No. 20-0725
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
SpeckLehrmannMajority
IN RE G.S., No. 21-0127
SpeckLehrmannConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES v. N.J., No. 20-0940
SpeckLehrmannConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
IN RE DIOCESE OF LUBBOCK, No. 20-0127
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
IN RE STATE OF TEXAS, No. 20-0394
SpeckLehrmannConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF D.T., A CHILD, No. 20-0055
SpeckLehrmannConcurrence
BlacklockSpeckMajority
ELEPHANT INSURANCE COMPANY, LLC v. LORRAINE KENYON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF THEODORE KENYON, No. 20-0366
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF D.S., A CHILD, No. 18-0908
SpeckLehrmannConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
IN RE C.J.C., No. 19-0694
SpeckLehrmannConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS v. ABDUL PRIDGEN AND VANCE KEYES, No. 20-0700
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES; JOHN HELLERSTEDT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS DSHS v. CROWN DISTRIBUTING LLC; AMERICA JUICE CO., LLC; CUSTOM BOTANICAL DISPENSARY, LLC; 1937 APOTHECARY, LLC, No. 21-1045
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
GREG ABBOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, ET AL. v. HARRIS COUNTY, ET AL., No. 22-0124
SpeckLehrmannConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority

36 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment

HOUSTON AREA SAFETY COUNCIL, INC. AND PSYCHEMEDICS CORPORATION v. GUILLERMO M. MENDEZ, No. 21-0496
SpeckLehrmannDissent
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockSpeckMajority
DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY, L.P., F/K/A GEOSOUTHERN DEWITT PROPERTIES, LLC, BPX PROPERTIES (NA) LP, GEOSOUTHERN ENERGY CORPORATION, AND BPX PRODUCTION COMPANY v. MICHAEL A. SHEPPARD, ET AL., No. 20-0904
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
IN RE MARIA TERESA RAMIREZ MORRIS, AND TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE, INC., No. 23-0111
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN PRESIDENT JAY HARTZELL, ET AL. v. S.O., No. 20-0811
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS, INC. v. PANDA POWER GENERATION INFRASTRUCTURE FUND, LLC, D/B/A PANDA POWER FUNDS, ET AL., No. 18-0781
SpeckLehrmannDissent
SpeckLehrmannDissent
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockSpeckMajority
LOUIS HINOJOS v. STATE FARM LLOYDS AND RAUL PULIDO, No. 19-0280
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
IN THE GUARDIANSHIP OF JAMES E. FAIRLEY, No. 20-0328
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
EX PARTE E.H., No. 18-0932
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY v. VICENTE MEDINA, ASHLEY MEDINA & ARIS ANTONIOU, No. 19-0400
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
IN RE FARMERS TEXAS COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, No. 19-0701
BlacklockSpeckDissent
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
IN RE USAA GENERAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, No. 20-0075
SpeckLehrmannDissent
BlacklockSpeckMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF J.F.-G., A CHILD, No. 20-0378
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
LEMUEL DAVID HOGAN v. STEPHANIE MONTAGNE ZOANNI, No. 18-0944
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannPlurality
WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC.; WARNER BROS. TECHNICAL OPERATIONS, INC. D/B/A WARNER BROS. ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES; TMZ PRODUCTIONS, INC.; EHM PRODUCTION, INC. D/B/A TMZ; TMZ.COM; AND ELIZABETH MCKERNAN v. ROBERT JONES, No. 18-0068
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
DAWN NETTLES v. GTECH CORPORATION AND THE TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION, No. 17-1010
BlacklockSpeckConcur/Dissent
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
CONWAY WAAK, JR. AND MARLENE WAAK D/B/A CARMINE CHAROLAIS RANCH AND CARMINE CHAROLAIS RANCH v. RAUL AMPARO ZUNIGA RODRIGUEZ AND ANA MARIA ORTIZ MARTINEZ, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, AND HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF RAUL AMPARO ZUNIGA ORTIZ JR.; AND JUANA GUADALUPE MARTINEZ, AS NEXT FRIEND OF SEBASTIAN ZUNIGA AND WENDY ZUNIGA, ET AL., No. 19-0167
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
PEDIATRICS COOL CARE, ET AL. v. GINGER THOMPSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF A.W.(DECEASED), AND BRAD WASHINGTON, No. 21-0238
SpeckLehrmannDissent
BlacklockSpeckMajority
IN RE ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC, No. 19-0662
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
RODNEY DRAUGHON v. JOYCIE JOHNSON, No. 20-0158
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
IN RE GREG ABBOTT IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS; JAIME MASTERS IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES; AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, No. 22-0229
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannConcurrence
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
GUY JAMES GRAY v. PATRICIA SKELTON, No. 18-0386
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
JAMES CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC AND PRIMORIS SERVICES CORPORATION v. WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORPORATION, No. 20-0079
BlacklockSpeckDissent
BlacklockLehrmannMajority
TEXAS PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION v. THE CITY OF HOUSTON, No. 19-0767
SpeckLehrmannMajority
BlacklockSpeckConcur/Dissent
IN RE COLTON LESTER, No. 18-1041
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF J.W., A CHILD, No. 19-1069
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
GLENN HEGAR, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION, No. 21-0080
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS v. JIMMY CHANGAS, INC., No. 21-0307
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
JAMES FREDRICK MILES v. TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD & INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. AND INTEGRATED TEXAS LOGISTICS, INC., No. 20-0393
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
GREG ABBOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS; JOHN SCOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF STATE OF TEXAS; THE STATE OF TEXAS v. MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS, TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; ROLAND GUTIERREZ; SARAH ECKHARDT; RUBEN CORTEZ, JR.; TEJANO DEMOCRATS, No. 22-0008
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF A.A., G.A., AND K.A., CHILDREN, No. 21-0998
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
MCLANE CHAMPIONS, LLC AND R. DRAYTON MCLANE, JR. v. HOUSTON BASEBALL PARTNERS LLC, No. 21-0641
BlacklockSpeckDissent
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
COLLIN CREEK ASSISTED LIVING CENTER, INC. D/B/A/ DAYSPRING ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITY v. CHRISTINE FABER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR AT LAW OF CARMELINA “MILLIE” SMITH, DECEASED, No. 21-0470
SpeckLehrmannDissent
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockSpeckMajority
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER - EL PASO v. DR. LINDSEY NIEHAY, No. 22-0179
SpeckLehrmannDissent
BlacklockSpeckConcurrence
BlacklockSpeckMajority
MOSAIC BAYBROOK ONE, L.P. AND MOSAIC BAYBROOK TWO, L.P. v. PAUL SIMIEN, No. 19-0612
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority
PIRANHA PARTNERS, RANDOLPH MUNDT, AND THOMAS H. OWEN, JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PARTNERS OF PIRANHA PARTNERS, AND CHARLES RAY OWEN v. JOE B. NEUHOFF AND NANCY M. NEUHOFF; THOMAS H. NEUHOFF AND JUDY A. NEUHOFF; ROBERT V. NEUHOFF AND ANDREA D. NEUHOFF; AND BOCA VAIL, INC., No. 18-0581
SpeckLehrmannDissent
BlacklockSpeckMajority
EX PARTE R.P.G.P., No. 19-1051
BlacklockSpeckDissent
SpeckLehrmannMajority