Supreme Court of Texas Blog
<< Back to Voting Table

Voting-affinity data
for the 2009 Term
(September 1, 2008 to August 31, 2009)

Johnson
Johnson
Brister
Brister

In 2009, they participated together in 72 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 51/72 70.8%
Different opinions, same judgment 8/72 11.1%
Agreed on judgment 59/72 81.9%
Disagreed on judgment 13/72 18.1%

And 35 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 14/35 40.0%
Different opinions, same judgment 8/35 22.9%
Agreed on judgment 22/35 62.9%
Disagreed on judgment 13/35 37.1%
 

Within those 35 cases that had some split opinions:

13 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment