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

Hecht
Hecht
Devine
Devine

In 2020-2023, they participated together in 278 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 232/278 83.5%
Different opinions, same judgment 11/278 4.0%
Agreed on judgment 243/278 87.4%
Disagreed on judgment 35/278 12.6%

And 101 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 55/101 54.5%
Different opinions, same judgment 11/101 10.9%
Agreed on judgment 66/101 65.3%
Disagreed on judgment 35/101 34.7%
 

Within those 101 cases that had some split opinions:

55 cases:
Joined the same opinions

35 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment