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Voting-affinity data
for the 2010-2018 Terms
(September 1, 2009 to August 31, 2018)

Johnson
Johnson
Hecht
Hecht

In 2010-2018, they participated together in 521 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 425/521 81.6%
Different opinions, same judgment 16/521 3.1%
Agreed on judgment 441/521 84.6%
Disagreed on judgment 80/521 15.4%

And 200 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 104/200 52.0%
Different opinions, same judgment 16/200 8.0%
Agreed on judgment 120/200 60.0%
Disagreed on judgment 80/200 40.0%
 

Within those 200 cases that had some split opinions:

104 cases:
Joined the same opinions

16 cases:
Some divergence on opinions

80 cases:
Disagreed about the judgment