Burnham v. Superior Court of California
Case Date: 05/06/1990
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Burnham v. Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 495 U.S. 604 (1990) was a United States Supreme Court case concerning the transient jurisdiction of a forum state. All nine justices were unanimous concerning the judgment, but the Court issued a fractured decision. Justice Antonin Scalia announced the judgment and wrote an opinion that was joined by three other justices as to parts I, II-A, II-B and II-C, while Justice Byron White did not join in parts II-D and III. Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. wrote a concurring opinion that three other justices joined. Justice John Paul Stevens wrote a separate concurring opinion that approved of the reasoning found in all the other opinions, but did not join in any of them, leaving the case without a controlling decision.
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