Authorship and alignment

Writings authored by each justice, and the average length of a majority opinion.

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JusticeMajorityConcurrenceDissentAvg pagesAvg words, majority

Mike McGrath 879 29 23 9.9

2,114

Jim Rice 812 121 164 12.5

2,841

Beth Baker 732 53 58 13.9

3,226

Laurie McKinnon 623 64 153 13.3

3,131

Patricia Cotter 546 27 57 12.8

2,939

Ingrid Gustafson 455 26 34 12.5

2,927

James Jeremiah Shea 438 21 29 10.9

2,422

Michael E Wheat 406 9 26 10.7

2,337

Brian Morris 368 5 13 10.9

2,321

James C. Nelson 252 92 80 15.8

3,874

W. William Leaphart 210 16 22 11.2

2,478

Dirk M. Sandefur 173 16 22 19.6

4,921

John Warner 127 12 14 9.8

2,068

Karla M. Gray 85 7 12 8.3

1,642

Katherine M. Bidegaray 49 2 4 15.7

3,752

Cory J. Swanson 27 12 16 20

5,150

Katherine M Bidegaray 23 4 10 15

3,734

John W. Larson 2 0 0 7.5

1,505

Gregory R. Todd 1 0 0 12

2,372

Michael Prezeau 1 0 0 15

3,500

Robert L. Deschamps 1 0 0 12

2,434

Russell C. Fagg 1 0 0 14

3,175

James A. Haynes 1 0 0 33

7,604

James Jeremiah She 1 0 0 6

1,185

Wm. Nels Swandal 0 0 1 –

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Julie Macek 0 0 1 –

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Richard A. Simonton 0 0 1 –

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Colette B. Davies 0 1 0 –

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Paul Sullivan 0 1 0 –

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