stay
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 316 U.S. 4 - Scripps-Howard Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 1942Most cited · 1,139 citing opinions
A stay is not a matter of right, even if irreparable injury might otherwise result to the appellant. It is an exercise of judicial discretion. The propriety of its issue is dependent upon the circumstances of the particular case.
How often courts cite the cases defining “stay”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “stay” — 1,387 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1942–1972
The applications to stay the judgments of the Court of Appeals call for a weighing of three basic factors: (a) whether irreparable injury may occur absent a stay; (b) the probability that the Court of Appeals was in error in holding that the merits of these controversies were appropriate for decision by federal courts; and (c) the public interests that may be affected by the operation of the judgments of the Court of Appeals.
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