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

Young
Young
Hecht
Hecht

In 2012-2023, they participated together in 125 signed decisions

Joined the same opinions 105/125 84.0%
Different opinions, same judgment 12/125 9.6%
Agreed on judgment 117/125 93.6%
Disagreed on judgment 8/125 6.4%

And 40 of those led to split (non-unanimous) opinions

Joined the same opinions 20/40 50.0%
Different opinions, same judgment 12/40 30.0%
Agreed on judgment 32/40 80.0%
Disagreed on judgment 8/40 20.0%
 

Within those 40 cases that had some split opinions:

20 cases:
Joined the same opinions

12 cases:
Some divergence on opinions