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Voting-affinity data
for the 2020-2023 Terms
(September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2023)

Hecht
Hecht
Blacklock
Blacklock

In 2020-2023, they participated together in 389 decisions (including per curiams)

Joined the same opinions 337/389 86.6%
Different opinions, same judgment 19/389 4.9%
Agreed on judgment 356/389 91.5%
Disagreed on judgment 33/389 8.5%

And 97 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 45/97 46.4%
Different opinions, same judgment 19/97 19.6%
Agreed on judgment 64/97 66.0%
Disagreed on judgment 33/97 34.0%
 

Within those 97 cases that had some split opinions:

45 cases:
Joined the same opinions

IN THE INTEREST OF J.S., A CHILD, No. 22-0420
HechtBlacklockMajority
LADONNA DEGAN, RIC TERRONES, JOHN MCGUIRE, REED HIGGINS, MIKE GURLEY, LARRY EDDINGTON, AND STEVEN MCBRIDE v. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DALLAS POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM, No. 19-0234
HechtBlacklockMajority
TEXAS BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS; PATRICK FORTNER, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE BOARD'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; AND TEXAS CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION v. TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, No. 18-1223
HechtBlacklockMajority
WILLIAM A. BREWER III v. LENNOX HEARTH PRODUCTS, LLC; TURNER & WITT PLUMBING, INC.; STRONG CUSTOM BUILDERS, LLC; THERMO DYNAMIC INSULATION, LLC; STATE FARM LLOYDS INSURANCE COMPANY; KEN AND BECKY TEEL; ROSS AND MEG RUSHING, No. 18-0426
HechtBlacklockMajority
TOTALENERGIES E&P USA, INC. v. MP GULF OF MEXICO, LLC, No. 21-0028
HechtBlacklockMajority
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION v. GLENN HEGAR, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, No. 18-0566
HechtBlacklockMajority
SIBEL ONASIS FERRER v. MADALENA ELIZABETH ALMANZA, ISABELLA P. ALMANZA, AND ALBERT BOONE ALMANZA, No. 21-0513
HechtBlacklockMajority
THE EL PASO EDUCATION INITIATIVE, INC., D/B/A BURNHAM WOOD CHARTER SCHOOL v. AMEX PROPERTIES, LLC, No. 18-1167
HechtBlacklockConcurrence
HechtBlacklockMajority
IN RE FARMERS TEXAS COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, No. 19-0701
HechtBlacklockDissent
HechtBlacklockMajority
AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. BERTHA ARCE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, No. 21-0843
HechtBlacklockMajority
WASTE MANAGEMENT OF TEXAS, INC. AND RIGOBERTO ZELAYA v. ROBERT STEVENSON, No. 19-0282
HechtBlacklockMajority
IN RE CHRISTIANSON AIR CONDITIONING & PLUMBING, LLC AND CONTINENTAL HOMES OF TEXAS, LP, No. 20-0384
HechtBlacklockMajority
IN RE USAA GENERAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, No. 20-0075
HechtBlacklockMajority
IN RE K & L AUTO CRUSHERS, LLC AND THOMAS GOTHARD, JR., No. 19-1022
HechtBlacklockMajority
FINLEY RESOURCES, INC., FINLEY PRODUCTION CO., L.P. AND PETRO CANYON ENERGY, LLC v. HEADINGTON ROYALTY, INC. AND HEADINGTON ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC, No. 21-0509
HechtBlacklockMajority
AEROTEK, INC. v. LERONE BOYD, MICHAEL MARSHALL, JIMMY ALLEN, AND TROJUAN CORNETT, No. 20-0290
HechtBlacklockMajority
IN RE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS, No. 20-0525
HechtBlacklockPer Curiam
IN RE LINDA DURNIN, ERIC KROHN, & MICHAEL LOVINS, No. 21-0170
HechtBlacklockMajority
W&T OFFSHORE, INC. v. WESLEY FREDIEU, No. 18-1134
HechtBlacklockMajority
IN RE G.S., No. 21-0127
HechtBlacklockMajority
DAWN NETTLES v. GTECH CORPORATION AND THE TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION, No. 17-1010
HechtBlacklockConcur/Dissent
HechtBlacklockMajority
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES v. N.J., No. 20-0940
HechtBlacklockMajority
CLINTON W. (“BUDDY”) PIKE, SR., DANIEL L. WALKER, W. TOBIN WILSON, VHSC CEMENT, LLC, AND FEW READY MIX CONCRETE CO. v. TEXAS EMC MANAGEMENT, LLC, TEXAS EMC PRODUCTS, LP, AND EMC CEMENT, BV, No. 17-0557
HechtBlacklockMajority
EX PARTE K.T. v. K.T., No. 20-0977
HechtBlacklockMajority
PEDIATRICS COOL CARE, ET AL. v. GINGER THOMPSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF A.W.(DECEASED), AND BRAD WASHINGTON, No. 21-0238
HechtBlacklockMajority
IN RE ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLC, No. 19-0662
HechtBlacklockDissent
RODNEY DRAUGHON v. JOYCIE JOHNSON, No. 20-0158
HechtBlacklockDissent
IN RE STATE OF TEXAS, No. 20-0394
HechtBlacklockMajority
IN RE ACADEMY, LTD. D/B/A ACADEMY SPORTS + OUTDOORS, No. 19-0497
HechtBlacklockMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF D.S., A CHILD, No. 18-0908
HechtBlacklockMajority
THOMAS BRANDON PERTHUIS v. BAYLOR MIRACA GENETICS LABORATORIES, LLC, No. 21-0036
HechtBlacklockMajority
MO-VAC SERVICE COMPANY, INC. v. PRIMITIVO ESCOBEDO, INDIVIDUALLY, SAN JUANITA ESCOBEDO, INDIVIDUALLY, AND MARTHA ESCOBEDO, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF FABIAN ESCOBEDO, No. 18-0852
HechtBlacklockMajority
IN RE C.J.C., No. 19-0694
HechtBlacklockMajority
ROBERT W. VAN BOVEN M.D., D.D.S. v. SCOTT FRESHOUR, MARGARET MCNEESE, CHRIS PALAZOLA, AMY SWANHOLM, TIMOTHY WEBB, AND SHERIF ZAAFRAN, M.D., IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS OFFICERS OF THE TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD, No. 20-0117
HechtBlacklockMajority
S.C. v. M.B., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF I.C., No. 20-0552
HechtBlacklockMajority
IN THE MATTER OF TROY S. POE TRUST, No. 20-0179
HechtBlacklockMajority
GREG ABBOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS; JOHN SCOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF STATE OF TEXAS; THE STATE OF TEXAS v. MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS, TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; ROLAND GUTIERREZ; SARAH ECKHARDT; RUBEN CORTEZ, JR.; TEJANO DEMOCRATS, No. 22-0008
HechtBlacklockDissent
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES; JOHN HELLERSTEDT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS DSHS v. CROWN DISTRIBUTING LLC; AMERICA JUICE CO., LLC; CUSTOM BOTANICAL DISPENSARY, LLC; 1937 APOTHECARY, LLC, No. 21-1045
HechtBlacklockConcurrence
HechtBlacklockMajority
SARAH GREGORY AND NEW PRIME, INC. v. JASWINDER CHOHAN, ET AL., No. 21-0017
HechtBlacklockPlurality
GREG ABBOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, ET AL. v. HARRIS COUNTY, ET AL., No. 22-0124
HechtBlacklockMajority
MOSAIC BAYBROOK ONE, L.P. AND MOSAIC BAYBROOK TWO, L.P. v. PAUL SIMIEN, No. 19-0612
HechtBlacklockDissent
PIRANHA PARTNERS, RANDOLPH MUNDT, AND THOMAS H. OWEN, JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PARTNERS OF PIRANHA PARTNERS, AND CHARLES RAY OWEN v. JOE B. NEUHOFF AND NANCY M. NEUHOFF; THOMAS H. NEUHOFF AND JUDY A. NEUHOFF; ROBERT V. NEUHOFF AND ANDREA D. NEUHOFF; AND BOCA VAIL, INC., No. 18-0581
HechtBlacklockMajority
LEMUEL DAVID HOGAN v. STEPHANIE MONTAGNE ZOANNI, No. 18-0944
HechtBlacklockDissent
IN THE INTEREST OF G.X.H., JR. AND B.X.H., CHILDREN v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, No. 19-0959
HechtBlacklockMajority
WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT, INC.; WARNER BROS. TECHNICAL OPERATIONS, INC. D/B/A WARNER BROS. ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES; TMZ PRODUCTIONS, INC.; EHM PRODUCTION, INC. D/B/A TMZ; TMZ.COM; AND ELIZABETH MCKERNAN v. ROBERT JONES, No. 18-0068
HechtBlacklockDissent

19 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

IN RE STEVEN HOTZE, M.D., HON. ALLEN WEST, REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS, HON. SID MILLER, HON. MARK HENRY, HON. CHARLES PERRY, HON. PAT FALLON, HON. BILL ZEDLER, HON. CECIL BELL, JR., HON. STEVE TOTH, HON. DAN FLYNN, HON. MATT RINALDI, HON. RICK GREEN, HON. MOLLY WHITE, HARRIS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY/HON. KEITH NIELSEN, HON. BRYAN SLATON, HON. ROBIN ARMSTRONG, M.D., JIM GRAHAM, HON. CATHIE ADAMS, HON. JOANN FLEMING, JULIE MCCARTY, SHARON HEMPHILL, AND AL HARTMAN, No. 20-0739
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
HechtBlacklockMajority
THE LILITH FUND FOR REPRODUCTIVE EQUITY v. MARK LEE DICKSON AND RIGHT TO LIFE EAST TEXAS, No. 21-0978
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
HechtBlacklockMajority
HOUSTON AREA SAFETY COUNCIL, INC. AND PSYCHEMEDICS CORPORATION v. GUILLERMO M. MENDEZ, No. 21-0496
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
HechtBlacklockMajority
ENERGEN RESOURCES CORPORATION v. BRYCE J. WALLACE, ELITE DRILLERS CORPORATION, AND UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY AND ITS PARENT, UNITED FIRE GROUP, INC., No. 20-0451
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
HechtSpeckMajority
IN RE CITY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, No. 20-0134
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
HechtBlacklockMajority
GREG ABBOTT, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS; AND RUTH HUGHS, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE v. THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE AUSTIN, SOUTHWEST, AND TEXOMA REGIONS; COMMON CAUSE TEXAS; AND ROBERT KNETSCH, No. 20-0846
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
HechtBlacklockPer Curiam
KATHLEEN POWELL & PAUL LUCCIA v. CITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, No. 19-0689
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
HechtBlacklockMajority
HOUSECANARY, INC. F/K/A CANARY ANALYTICS, INC. v. TITLE SOURCE, INC., REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, AND HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES, No. 19-0673
HechtSpeckConcurrence
SpeckBlacklockMajority
PATRICK VON DOHLEN, BRIAN GRECO, KEVIN JASON KHATTAR, MICHAEL KNUFFKE, AND DANIEL PETRI v. CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, No. 20-0725
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
HechtSpeckMajority
ELEPHANT INSURANCE COMPANY, LLC v. LORRAINE KENYON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF THEODORE KENYON, No. 20-0366
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
HechtBlacklockMajority
VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT v. CURTIS MECK, No. 18-0458
HechtSpeckConcurrence
SpeckBlacklockMajority
IN RE DIOCESE OF LUBBOCK, No. 20-0127
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
HechtBlacklockMajority
JIM OLIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, D/B/A PHOTOLIVE, INC. v. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM, No. 19-0605
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
HechtBlacklockMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF D.T., A CHILD, No. 20-0055
HechtSpeckConcurrence
SpeckBlacklockMajority
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS v. ABDUL PRIDGEN AND VANCE KEYES, No. 20-0700
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
HechtBlacklockMajority
MCLANE CHAMPIONS, LLC AND R. DRAYTON MCLANE, JR. v. HOUSTON BASEBALL PARTNERS LLC, No. 21-0641
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtBlacklockDissent
COLLIN CREEK ASSISTED LIVING CENTER, INC. D/B/A/ DAYSPRING ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITY v. CHRISTINE FABER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR AT LAW OF CARMELINA “MILLIE” SMITH, DECEASED, No. 21-0470
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
HechtBlacklockMajority
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER - EL PASO v. DR. LINDSEY NIEHAY, No. 22-0179
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
HechtBlacklockMajority
CITY OF BAYTOWN v. ALAN SCHROCK, No. 20-0309
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
HechtBlacklockMajority

33 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment

GEORGE P. BUSH, AS THE LAND COMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE v. LONE OAK CLUB, LLC, No. 18-0264
HechtSpeckDissent
SpeckBlacklockMajority
DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY, L.P., F/K/A GEOSOUTHERN DEWITT PROPERTIES, LLC, BPX PROPERTIES (NA) LP, GEOSOUTHERN ENERGY CORPORATION, AND BPX PRODUCTION COMPANY v. MICHAEL A. SHEPPARD, ET AL., No. 20-0904
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority
IN RE MARIA TERESA RAMIREZ MORRIS, AND TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE, INC., No. 23-0111
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority
DAVID A. SKEELS v. JONATHAN T. SUDER; MICHAEL T. COOKE; AND FRIEDMAN, SUDER & COOKE, P.C., No. 21-1014
HechtSpeckDissent
SpeckBlacklockMajority
IN THE GUARDIANSHIP OF JAMES E. FAIRLEY, No. 20-0328
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN PRESIDENT JAY HARTZELL, ET AL. v. S.O., No. 20-0811
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority
IN RE THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY; MIKE MORATH, COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY; AND DORIS DELANEY, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY, No. 20-0404
HechtSpeckDissent
SpeckBlacklockMajority
ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS, INC. v. PANDA POWER GENERATION INFRASTRUCTURE FUND, LLC, D/B/A PANDA POWER FUNDS, ET AL., No. 18-0781
HechtSpeckDissent
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
SpeckBlacklockMajority
LOUIS HINOJOS v. STATE FARM LLOYDS AND RAUL PULIDO, No. 19-0280
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority
SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY v. AUSTIN BRIDGE & ROAD, L.P. AND HAYWARD BAKER, INC., No. 17-0905
HechtSpeckDissent
SpeckBlacklockMajority
EX PARTE E.H., No. 18-0932
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority
IN RE COLTON LESTER, No. 18-1041
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority
SAN JACINTO RIVER AUTHORITY v. VICENTE MEDINA, ASHLEY MEDINA & ARIS ANTONIOU, No. 19-0400
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY v. DANIEL WES IRWIN, No. 19-0885
HechtSpeckDissent
SpeckBlacklockMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF J.F.-G., A CHILD, No. 20-0378
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority
BROADWAY NATIONAL BANK, TRUSTEE OF THE MARY FRANCES EVERS TRUST, ET AL. v. YATES ENERGY CORPORATION, EOG RESOURCES, INC., JALAPENO CORPORATION, ACG3 MINERAL INTERESTS, LTD., GLASSELL NON-OPERATED INTERESTS, LTD., AND CURRY GLASSELL, No. 19-0334
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority
CONWAY WAAK, JR. AND MARLENE WAAK D/B/A CARMINE CHAROLAIS RANCH AND CARMINE CHAROLAIS RANCH v. RAUL AMPARO ZUNIGA RODRIGUEZ AND ANA MARIA ORTIZ MARTINEZ, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, AND HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF RAUL AMPARO ZUNIGA ORTIZ JR.; AND JUANA GUADALUPE MARTINEZ, AS NEXT FRIEND OF SEBASTIAN ZUNIGA AND WENDY ZUNIGA, ET AL., No. 19-0167
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority
BONSMARA NATURAL BEEF COMPANY, LLC AND GEORGE CHAPMAN, INDIVIDUALLY v. HART OF TEXAS CATTLE FEEDERS, LLC, JAMES MICHAEL HAYES, INDIVIDUALLY, LYNN LANDRUM, INDIVIDUALLY, AND HENRY O. PICKETT II, INDIVIDUALLY, No. 19-0263
HechtSpeckDissent
SpeckBlacklockMajority
BPX OPERATING COMPANY, BPX PROPERTIES (NA) LP, SEGUNDO NAVARRO DRILLING, LTD., FIRST ROCK I, LLC, EF NON-OP, LLC, AND SOUTH TEXAS SHALE, LLC v. MARGARET ANN STRICKHAUSEN, No. 19-0567
HechtSpeckDissent
SpeckBlacklockMajority
ODYSSEY 2020 ACADEMY, INC. v. GALVESTON CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, No. 19-0962
SpeckBlacklockMajority
HechtSpeckDissent
TEXAS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, HARTFORD UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY, TASB RISK MANAGEMENT FUND, TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE COMPANY, TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE, TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, VALLEY FORGE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. v. PHI AIR MEDICAL, LLC, No. 18-0216
HechtSpeckDissent
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
SpeckBlacklockMajority
IN RE GREG ABBOTT IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS; JAIME MASTERS IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES; AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, No. 22-0229
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtBlacklockMajority
GUY JAMES GRAY v. PATRICIA SKELTON, No. 18-0386
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority
JAMES CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC AND PRIMORIS SERVICES CORPORATION v. WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORPORATION, No. 20-0079
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckDissent
HechtBlacklockMajority
TEXAS PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION v. THE CITY OF HOUSTON, No. 19-0767
HechtSpeckMajority
SpeckBlacklockConcur/Dissent
UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD v. VALERIE REDUS, ET AL., No. 18-0351
HechtSpeckDissent
SpeckBlacklockMajority
INDUSTRIAL SPECIALISTS, LLC v. BLANCHARD REFINING COMPANY LLC AND MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP, No. 20-0174
HechtSpeckDissent
SpeckBlacklockConcurrence
GLENN HEGAR, COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND KEN PAXTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS v. HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION, No. 21-0080
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority
CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS v. JIMMY CHANGAS, INC., No. 21-0307
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority
JAMES FREDRICK MILES v. TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD & INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. AND INTEGRATED TEXAS LOGISTICS, INC., No. 20-0393
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckConcurrence
HechtSpeckMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF A.A., G.A., AND K.A., CHILDREN, No. 21-0998
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority
EX PARTE R.P.G.P., No. 19-1051
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority
IN THE INTEREST OF J.W., A CHILD, No. 19-1069
SpeckBlacklockDissent
HechtSpeckMajority