Supreme Court of Texas Blog
<< Back to Voting Table

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

Busby
Busby
Young
Young

In 2012-2023, they participated together in 128 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 113/128 88.3%
Different opinions, same judgment 10/128 7.8%
Agreed on judgment 123/128 96.1%
Disagreed on judgment 5/128 3.9%

And 43 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 28/43 65.1%
Different opinions, same judgment 10/43 23.3%
Agreed on judgment 38/43 88.4%
Disagreed on judgment 5/43 11.6%
 

Within those 43 cases that had some split opinions:

28 cases:
Joined the same opinions

10 cases:
Some divergence on opinions