Today in Supreme Court History: September 24

Twentieth Century Airlines v. Ryan, 74 S.Ct. 8 (decided September 24, 1953): Reed refuses to stay administrative proceedings against “irregular” air carriers who had been ordered to stop mergers and refinancings because done without Civil Aeronautics Board approval; no irreparable injury shown and administrative proceedings afforded them adequate due process

Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Scott, 561 U.S. 1301 (decided September 24, 2010): Scalia stays enforcement of class action judgment against tobacco companies for giving false information about addictive properties of nicotine (judgment also required companies to fund smoking cessation programs); defendants have possible due process defense in that Louisiana court held that each plaintiff did not have to prove individualized fraud for damages (as opposed to access to antismoking programs); cert was ultimately denied, 564 U.S. 1037 (2011)