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Voting-affinity data
for the 2012-2023 Terms
(September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2023)

Johnson
Johnson
Boyd
Boyd

In 2012-2023, they participated together in 353 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 299/353 84.7%
Different opinions, same judgment 20/353 5.7%
Agreed on judgment 319/353 90.4%
Disagreed on judgment 34/353 9.6%

And 129 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 75/129 58.1%
Different opinions, same judgment 20/129 15.5%
Agreed on judgment 95/129 73.6%
Disagreed on judgment 34/129 26.4%
 

Within those 129 cases that had some split opinions:

75 cases:
Joined the same opinions

20 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

34 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment