Through most of the years that John Marshall was the Supreme Court Chief Justice all the Justices would live together in one place while the Court was in session. They would spend their evenings together talking over the cases to come up with a decision. They also had a full supply of wine which the Chief Justice was especially fond of drinking. The decisions would almost always be unanimous. A normal yearly caseload of 20-30 cases would usually have no more than one or two cases with a dissenting opinion and most of the opinions would be delivered by the Chief Justice.

(Book – John Marshall – Jean Edward Smith)