"There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country
the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the
public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged
with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face
of changing circumstances and contrary to the public interest.
This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law.
Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and
ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back."
Life-Line by Robert A. Heinlein, 1939