[PAR] [TLE] Burnham v. Superior Court of California [SEP] Burnham v. Superior Court of California, 495 U.S. 604 (1990) , was a United States Supreme Court case addressing whether a state court may, consistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, exercise personal jurisdiction over a non-resident of the state who is served with process while temporarily visiting the state.  All nine justices unanimously agreed that this basis for personal jurisdiction—known as "transient jurisdiction"—is constitutionally permissible.  However, the Court failed to produce a majority opinion, as the members were sharply divided on the reasons for the decision, reflecting two fundamentally different approaches to how due-process issues are to be analyzed.  Justice Scalia wrote the lead opinion, joined in whole or part by three other Justices.  Justice Brennan wrote an opinion joined by three other Justices.  Justices White and Stevens wrote separate opinions. [PAR] [TLE] Antonin Scalia [SEP] Antonin Gregory Scalia ( ; March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016.  Appointed to the Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1986, Scalia was described as the intellectual anchor for the originalist and textualist position in the Court's conservative wing.
[PAR] [TLE] Burnham v. Superior Court of California [ SEP ] Burnham v. Superior Court of California , 495 U.S. 604 ( 1990 ) , was a United States Supreme Court case addressing whether a state court may , consistent with the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment , exercise personal jurisdiction over a non - resident of the state who is served with process while temporarily visiting the state . All nine justices unanimously agreed that this basis for personal jurisdiction — known as " transient jurisdiction"—is constitutionally permissible . However , the Court failed to produce a majority opinion , as the members were sharply divided on the reasons for the decision , reflecting two fundamentally different approaches to how due - process issues are to be analyzed . Justice Scalia wrote the lead opinion , joined in whole or part by three other Justices . Justice Brennan wrote an opinion joined by three other Justices . Justices White and Stevens wrote separate opinions . [PAR] [TLE] Antonin Scalia [ SEP ] Antonin Gregory Scalia ( ; March 11 , 1936 – February 13 , 2016 ) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016 . Appointed to the Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 , Scalia was described as the intellectual anchor for the originalist and textualist position in the Court 's conservative wing .
Who appointed the judge who wrote the lead opinion in Burnham v. Superior Court of California ?
Who appointed the judge who wrote the lead opinion in Burnham v. Superior Court of California ?
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan