Who appointed the judge who wrote the lead opinion in Burnham v. Superior Court of California ?
Burnham v. Superior Court of California 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.
Delbert Gee Delbert C. Gee has been a Judge of the Superior Court of California (United States) in Alameda County since 2002. He currently presides over a criminal misdemeanor pre-trial court in Oakland. Judge Gee previously presided over a civil direct calendar and trial court in Alameda and Hayward, and over a collaborative court, criminal felony and misdemeanor pre-trial and trial courts, and a juvenile dependency and delinquency court in Oakland, Hayward, and Alameda. Judge Gee was also the supervising judge in Alameda and a member of the Court's executive committee. He is one of eight active Asian American Superior Court judges in Alameda County. In 2010, Judge Gee was the presented with the Judicial Distinguished Service Award by the Alameda County Bar Association.