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Voting-affinity data
for the 2017-2020 Terms
(September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2020)

Hecht
Hecht
Boyd
Boyd

In 2017-2020, they participated together in 261 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 208/261 79.7%
Different opinions, same judgment 13/261 5.0%
Agreed on judgment 221/261 84.7%
Disagreed on judgment 40/261 15.3%

And 81 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 28/81 34.6%
Different opinions, same judgment 13/81 16.0%
Agreed on judgment 41/81 50.6%
Disagreed on judgment 40/81 49.4%
 

Within those 81 cases that had some split opinions:

28 cases:
Joined the same opinions

13 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

40 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment