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Voting-affinity data
for the 2012-2023 Terms
(September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2023)

Bland
Bland
Young
Young

In 2012-2023, they participated together in 121 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 102/121 84.3%
Different opinions, same judgment 11/121 9.1%
Agreed on judgment 113/121 93.4%
Disagreed on judgment 8/121 6.6%

And 39 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 20/39 51.3%
Different opinions, same judgment 11/39 28.2%
Agreed on judgment 31/39 79.5%
Disagreed on judgment 8/39 20.5%
 

Within those 39 cases that had some split opinions:

20 cases:
Joined the same opinions

11 cases:
Some divergence on opinions