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Voting-affinity data
for the 2010-2020 Terms
(September 1, 2009 to August 31, 2020)

Boyd
Boyd
Hecht
Hecht

In 2010-2020, they participated together in 482 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 371/482 77.0%
Different opinions, same judgment 28/482 5.8%
Agreed on judgment 399/482 82.8%
Disagreed on judgment 83/482 17.2%

And 167 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 56/167 33.5%
Different opinions, same judgment 28/167 16.8%
Agreed on judgment 84/167 50.3%
Disagreed on judgment 83/167 49.7%
 

Within those 167 cases that had some split opinions:

56 cases:
Joined the same opinions

28 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

83 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment