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Voting-affinity data
for the 2014-2018 Terms
(September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2018)

Devine
Devine
Hecht
Hecht

In 2014-2018, they participated together in 313 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 273/313 87.2%
Different opinions, same judgment 13/313 4.2%
Agreed on judgment 286/313 91.4%
Disagreed on judgment 27/313 8.6%

And 115 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 75/115 65.2%
Different opinions, same judgment 13/115 11.3%
Agreed on judgment 88/115 76.5%
Disagreed on judgment 27/115 23.5%
 

Within those 115 cases that had some split opinions:

75 cases:
Joined the same opinions

13 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

27 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment