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Citing USAToday

The majority included the court's four more liberal justices. The key fifth vote was Justice Anthony Kennedy, a conservative at the court's ideological center. He said judges reviewing challenges to property seizures should presume that local officials acted reasonably - but that they should make sure that such seizures don't merely reflect favoritism toward developers

Justice bio's: http://www.usscplus.com/info/justices.htm

Breyer and Ginsburg were appointed by Clinton and voted for seizure by eminent domain. Seems odd doesn't it.

Sorry I couldn't keep what follows formatted properly(Justice, State, Appt'd By, When Appt'd:

Rehnquist, William H.

Arizona

Nixon

January 7, 1972

Stevens, John Paul

Illinois

Ford

December 19, 1975

O’Connor, Sandra Day

Arizona

Reagan

September 25, 1981

Scalia, Antonin

Virginia

Reagan

September 26, 1986

Kennedy, Anthony M.

California

Reagan

February 18, 1988

Souter, David H.

New Hampshire

Bush

October 9, 1990

Thomas, Clarence

Georgia

Bush

October 23, 1991

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader

New York

Clinton

August 10, 1993

Breyer, Stephen G.

Massachusetts

Clinton

August 3, 1994
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