Supreme Court Justices Disaggregated Liberalism in Economic Cases 1937-1994

Justice

Terms

First 4

5-10

11-20

Over 20

Black

77.2

78.9

81.6

81.2

Reed

75.0

69.1

52.0

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Frankfurter

76.5

59.1

37.9

36.7

Douglas

81.3

74.6

80.7

79.7

Murphy

79.3

76.2

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Jackson

65.8

37.8

45.3

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Rutledge

72.0

80.0

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Burton

54.7

48.8

52.0

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Vinson

52.4

45.7

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Clark

52.3

72.3

73.9

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Minton

54.4

64.4

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Warren

81.7

82.9

76.6

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Harlan

41.9

41.1

42.9

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Brennan

77.1

70.6

72.8

67.5

Whitaker

35.8

28.9

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Stewart

49.6

48.9

45.1

50.5

White

67.9

69.9

60.9

51.9

Goldberg

62.4

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Fortas

68.5

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Marshall

60.0

64.3

67.1

72.2

Burger

46.2

42.4

42.5

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Blackmun

53.9

54.8

55.3

65.0

Powell

47.4

47.7

43.6

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Rehnquista

42.5

39.6

44.9

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Stevens

64.2

52.6

61.4

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O’Connor

46.7

40.6

40.2

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Rehnquistb

41.8

50.8

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Scalia

45.9

42.5

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Kennedy

46.4

44.3

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Souter

55.4

43.8

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Thomas

36.5

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Ginsburg

59.0

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Breyer

42.9

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aRehnquist Votes as Nixon Appointee
bRehnquist Votes as Reagan Appointee



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