Central Va. Community College v. Katz
STEVENS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which O’CONNOR, SOUTER, GINSBURG, and BREYER, JJ., joined. THOMAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and SCALIA and KENNEDY, JJ., joined.
Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc.
THOMAS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and O’CONNOR, SCALIA, SOUTER, GINSBURG, and BREYER, JJ., joined. STEVENS, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which KENNEDY, J., joined.
Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal
ROBERTS, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except ALITO, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna
SCALIA, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and STEVENS, KENNEDY, SOUTER, GINSBURG, and BREYER, JJ., joined. THOMAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion. ALITO, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. McDonald
SCALIA, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except ALITO, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Dolan v. Postal Service
KENNEDY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and STEVENS, SCALIA, SOUTER, GINSBURG, and BREYER, JJ., joined. THOMAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion. ALITO, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp.
GINSBURG, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except ALITO, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Oregon v. Guzek
BREYER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and STEVENS, KENNEDY, SOUTER, and GINSBURG, JJ., joined. SCALIA, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which THOMAS, J., joined. ALITO, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
So! After 24 signed rulings, 22 of which count for our purposes (remember two were previously excluded due to recusals), the deviations are as follows.
In Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna, Roberts joined the majority ruling by Scalia while Thomas filed a dissenting opinion.
In Dolan v. Postal Service, Roberts joined the majority ruling by Kennedy while Thomas filed a dissenting opinion.
In Oregon v. Guzek, Roberts joined the majority ruling by Kennedy while Scalia filed an opinion concurring in judgment that was joined by Thomas.
So, drumroll please!
Roberts/Scalia: 95.45%
Roberts/Thomas: 81.82%
After 22 rulings.
And, just for the sake of curiosity:
Roberts/Kennedy: 86.36%
Roberts/Souter: 86.36%
And, for the record, encompassing all 17 signed rulings in which both Roberts and O'Connor participated:
Roberts/O'Connor: 88.24%
Next installment to post soon after 30 signed rulings!
Interesting that O'Conner in these cases agreed with Scalia more than Thomas agrees with Scalia.
Thank you for the analysis. Very interesting.
Since it is the title of this thread, perhaps you should include the Souter/Roberts percentage.
Texaco Inc. v. Dagher
THOMAS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except ALITO, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the cases.
Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc.
BREYER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except ALITO, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the cases.
Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc.
STEVENS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except ALITO, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc.
ROBERTS, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except ALITO, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Dabit
STEVENS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which all other Members joined, except ALITO, J., who took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
United States v. Grubbs
SCALIA, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and KENNEDY, THOMAS, and BREYER, JJ., joined, and in which STEVENS, SOUTER, and GINSBURG, J., joined as to Parts I and II. SOUTER, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which STEVENS and GINSBURG, JJ., joined. ALITO, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Georgia v. Randolph
SOUTER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which STEVENS, KENNEDY, GINSBURG, and BREYER, JJ., joined. STEVENS, J., and BREYER, J., filed concurring opinions. ROBERTS, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which SCALIA, J., joined. SCALIA, J., and THOMAS, J., filed dissenting opinions. ALITO, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Northern Ins. Co. of N. Y. v. Chatham County
THOMAS, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Day v. McDonough
GINSBURG, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and KENNEDY, SOUTER, and ALITO, JJ., joined. STEVENS, J., filed an opinion dissenting from the judgment, in which BREYER, J., joined. SCALIA, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which THOMAS and BREYER, JJ., joined.
Jones v. Flowers
ROBERTS, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which STEVENS, SOUTER, GINSBURG, and BREYER, JJ., joined. THOMAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which SCALIA and KENNEDY, JJ., joined. ALITO, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Hartman v. Moore
SOUTER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which STEVENS, SCALIA, KENNEDY, and THOMAS, JJ., joined. GINSBURG, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which BREYER, J., joined. ROBERTS, C. J., and ALITO, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
So! After 35 signed rulings, 32 count for our purposes; two were previously excluded due to recusals and, of the above, Hartman v. Moore is also excluded due to a Roberts recusal. Besides that, the deviations are as follows:
In Georgia v. Randolph, Roberts filed a dissenting opinion that was joined by Scalia. Thomas filed a separate dissenting opinion that no one joined.
In Day v. McDonough, Roberts joined the majority ruling by Ginsburg (!) while Scalia filed a dissenting opinion that was joined by Thomas.
In Jones v. Flowers, Roberts issued the majority ruling while Thomas filed a dissenting opinion that was joined by Scalia.
So, drumroll please!
Roberts/Scalia: 90.625% (agree in 29 of 32)
Roberts/Thomas: 78.125% (agree in 25 of 32)
After 35 signed rulings in 32 of which all three participated.
And, once again, just for the sake of curiosity:
Roberts/Kennedy: 84.375%
Roberts/Souter: 84.375%
Next installment to post soon after 40 applicable signed rulings!