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

Hecht
Hecht
Blacklock
Blacklock

In 2010-2020, they participated together in 177 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 152/177 85.9%
Different opinions, same judgment 7/177 4.0%
Agreed on judgment 159/177 89.8%
Disagreed on judgment 18/177 10.2%

And 56 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 31/56 55.4%
Different opinions, same judgment 7/56 12.5%
Agreed on judgment 38/56 67.9%
Disagreed on judgment 18/56 32.1%
 

Within those 56 cases that had some split opinions:

31 cases:
Joined the same opinions

18 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment