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 95 3 0 8.4

1,723

Patricia Cotter 70 4 10 13.6

3,212

Brian Morris 63 2 1 11.9

2,583

John Warner 57 5 4 11.2

2,481

James C. Nelson 56 29 24 16.3

4,027

W. William Leaphart 50 6 6 10.4

2,213

Jim Rice 47 11 18 11.8

2,618

Michael Prezeau 1 0 0 15

3,500

James A. Haynes 1 0 0 33

7,604

Richard A. Simonton 0 0 1 –

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