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Voting-affinity data
for the 2019-2022 Terms
(September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2022)

Busby
Busby
Hecht
Hecht

In 2019-2022, they participated together in 238 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 196/238 82.4%
Different opinions, same judgment 15/238 6.3%
Agreed on judgment 211/238 88.7%
Disagreed on judgment 27/238 11.3%

And 90 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 48/90 53.3%
Different opinions, same judgment 15/90 16.7%
Agreed on judgment 63/90 70.0%
Disagreed on judgment 27/90 30.0%
 

Within those 90 cases that had some split opinions:

48 cases:
Joined the same opinions

15 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

27 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment