| 1986–1987 |
William Brennan | Byron White | Thurgood Marshall | Harry Blackmun | Lewis Powell | John Paul Stevens | Sandra Day O'Connor | Antonin Scalia
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| 1988–1990 |
William Brennan | Byron White | Thurgood Marshall | Harry Blackmun | John Paul Stevens | Sandra Day O'Connor | Antonin Scalia | Anthony Kennedy
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| 1990–1991 |
Byron White | Thurgood Marshall | Harry Blackmun | John Paul Stevens | Sandra Day O'Connor | Antonin Scalia | Anthony Kennedy | David Souter
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| 1991–1993 |
Byron White | Harry Blackmun | John Paul Stevens | Sandra Day O'Connor | Antonin Scalia | Anthony Kennedy | David Souter | Clarence Thomas
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| 1993–1994 |
Harry Blackmun | John Paul Stevens | Sandra Day O'Connor | Antonin Scalia | Anthony Kennedy | David Souter | Clarence Thomas | Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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| 1994–2005 |
John Paul Stevens | Sandra Day O'Connor | Antonin Scalia | Anthony Kennedy | David Souter | Clarence Thomas | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Stephen Breyer
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