| Table 5. Justices' Voting Patterns, 1946-95 | ||||||
| Cases Decided After Oral Argument | ||||||
| Civil Liberties | Economics | Other | ||||
| non- unanimous | unanimous | non- unanimous | unanimous | non- unanimous | unanimous | |
| Rehnquist | 7% | 56% | 34% | 63% | 20% | 47% |
| (1138) | (489) | (441) | (345) | (246) | (245) | |
| Reed | 13% | 74% | 46% | 77% | 53% | 68% |
| (246) | (93) | (277) | (150) | (270) | (96) | |
| Thomas | 13% | 56% | 24% | 58% | 44% | 46% |
| (133) | (70) | (70) | (52) | (41) | (56) | |
| Minton | 14% | 70% | 54% | 77% | 41% | 62% |
| (147) | (47) | (154) | (78) | (152) | (50) | |
| Vinson | 16% | 78% | 43% | 74% | 52% | 65% |
| (184) | (69) | (206) | (100) | (239) | (81) | |
| Burger | 17% | 57% | 32% | 66% | 36% | 46% |
| (844) | (388) | (334) | (245) | (163) | (134) | |
| Scalia | 18% | 61% | 38% | 61% | 34% | 49% |
| (385) | (163) | (155) | (125) | (96) | (124) | |
| Burton | 21% | 76% | 33% | 78% | 47% | 67% |
| (309) | (110) | (324) | (167) | (293) | (100) | |
| Harlan | 24% | 84% | 30% | 80% | 28% | 62% |
| (484) | (222) | (379) | (201) | (135) | (97) | |
| Whittaker | 24% | 89% | 23% | 81% | 45% | 75% |
| (145) | (55) | (146) | (57) | (38) | (20) | |
| Clark | 26% | 85% | 65% | 79% | 42% | 66% |
| (442) | (191) | (431) | (223) | (242) | (106) | |
| O'Connor | 27% | 54% | 32% | 60% | 36% | 50% |
| (651) | (303) | (247) | (206) | (152) | (182) | |
| Kennedy | 29% | 59% | 40% | 61% | 47% | 49% |
| (294) | (136) | (126) | (103) | (81) | (104) | |
| Powell | 29% | 55% | 34% | 65% | 36% | 45% |
| (802) | (326) | (283) | (210) | (150) | (124) | |
| White | 33% | 63% | 59% | 69% | 50% | 50% |
| (1377) | (623) | (604) | (436) | (302) | (287) | |
| Jackson | 36% | 76% | 16% | 73% | 34% | 68% |
| (188) | (68) | (195) | (106) | (235) | (79) | |
| Stewart | 41% | 72% | 37% | 73% | 47% | 52% |
| (902) | (409) | (502) | (294) | (193) | (144) | |
| Frankfurter | 46% | 79% | 24% | 78% | 30% | 69% |
| (392) | (152) | (421) | (207) | (306) | (114) | |
| Blackmun | 51% | 57% | 53% | 65% | 60% | 48% |
| (1152) | (501) | (447) | (337) | (235) | (228) | |
| Souter | 55% | 57% | 51% | 59% | 56% | 49% |
| (169) | (91) | (89) | (66) | (48) | (68) | |
| Ginsburg | 62% | 56% | 58% | 53% | 80% | 31% |
| (73) | (39) | (38) | (30) | (20) | (29) | |
| Breyer | 65% | 65% | 60% | 43% | 59% | 24% |
| (48) | (23) | (20) | (21) | (17) | (17) | |
| Stevens | 67% | 52% | 54% | 61% | 61% | 47% |
| (915) | (407) | (358) | (288) | (209) | (215) | |
| Black | 73% | 81% | 87% | 79% | 67% | 64% |
| (693) | (312) | (626) | (326) | (392) | (185) | |
| Warren | 77% | 83% | 81% | 80% | 60% | 63% |
| (441) | (198) | (394) | (211) | (133) | (90) | |
| Rutledge | 81% | 70% | 96% | 74% | 66% | 76% |
| (84) | (37) | (108) | (66) | (118) | (41) | |
| Fortas | 83% | 83% | 57% | 84% | 50% | 57% |
| (116) | (58) | (69) | (38) | (26) | (30) | |
| Brennan | 84% | 66% | 71% | 70% | 66% | 52% |
| (1439) | (634) | (731) | (466) | (316) | (272) | |
| Goldberg | 87% | 93% | 61% | 78% | 38% | 61% |
| (85) | (46) | (74) | (40) | (29) | (18) | |
| Marshall | 90% | 59% | 68% | 65% | 75% | 48% |
| (1140) | (498) | (438) | (324) | (213) | (210) | |
| Douglas | 91% | 82% | 74% | 78% | 69% | 66% |
| (893) | (392) | (687) | (373) | (395) | (187) | |
| Murphy | 94% | 73% | 96% | 73% | 64% | 73% |
| (82) | (41) | (105) | (63) | (117) | (41) | |