Today in Supreme Court History: September 13, 1810

9/13/1810: Justice William Cushing died.

Justice William Cushing

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[Dan Schiavetta]

M.I.C. Ltd. v. Bedford Township, 463 U.S. 1341 (decided September 13, 1983): Brennan stays injunction against showing two allegedly obscene movies; theater operator, sued for nuisance, had moved at every level of the Michigan court system to get an expedited hearing and all motions had been denied; prior restraint exception to First Amendment requires "strict procedural safeguards . . . including immediate appellate review" and such was not provided here (the theater was called "West Point Auto Theatre", a drive-in, but an appropriate name if you think of the term "autoeroticism" . . . )

[Syd Henderson]

Cushing was the last of the original five. Also was appointed and was confirmed as Chief Justice but declined. If he had accepted, Marshall would not have Chief Justice. As it was, he remained as Associate Justice until his death.

[Bob from Ohio]

Maybe we can dig his corpse up and eat him, with grocery prices up so much that's all we will be able to afford.

"Within the jump in food costs, bread prices rose 2.2% on the month and are up 16.2% from a year ago. Eggs surged another 2.9% and are up 39.8% for the 12-month period, and canned fruits increased 3.4% and 16.6%, respectively." cnbc

What about cake prices though?

[Commenter_XY]

Probably not, QA. 🙂