New York Times Co. v. United States

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United States Supreme Court case landmark First Amendment case prior restraint case

New York Times Co. v. United States is a 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the press’s right to publish the Pentagon Papers, sharply limiting the government’s power to impose prior restraint on the media.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case → landmark First Amendment case → prior restraint case →
alsoKnownAs	Pentagon Papers case →
areaOfLaw	First Amendment law → constitutional law → freedom of the press → national security law →
chiefJusticeAtTime	Warren E. Burger →
citation	29 L. Ed. 2d 822 → 403 U.S. 713 → 91 S. Ct. 2140 →
concurringOpinionBy	Byron R. White NERFINISHED → Hugo L. Black → Potter Stewart → Thurgood Marshall → William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED → William O. Douglas NERFINISHED →
constitutionalPrinciple	heavy presumption against the constitutional validity of prior restraints →
constitutionalProvision	First Amendment to the United States Constitution →
country	United States →
court	Supreme Court of the United States →
decisionDate	1971-06-30 →
decisionType	per curiam opinion →
dissentingJustice	Harry A. Blackmun NERFINISHED → John M. Harlan II → Warren E. Burger →
dissentingOpinionBy	Harry A. Blackmun NERFINISHED → John M. Harlan II → Warren E. Burger →
dissentingVote	3 →
docketNumber	1873 → 1885 →
documentAtIssue	Pentagon Papers →
historicalSignificance	Limited the federal government’s ability to use national security as a justification for prior restraint. → Strengthened protections for press freedom in the United States. →
holding	The First Amendment severely limits the government’s power to enjoin publication of news by the press. → The government did not meet the heavy burden required to justify a prior restraint on publication. →
justiceInMajority	Byron R. White → Hugo L. Black → Potter Stewart → Thurgood Marshall → William J. Brennan Jr. → William O. Douglas →
legalIssue	freedom of the press vs. national security → prior restraint →
majorityVote	6 →
opinionAuthor	per curiam (unsigned) →
PentagonPapersDescription	A classified Department of Defense study of U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. →
petitioner	New York Times Company →
relatedCase	United States v. Washington Post Co. →
relatedParty	The Washington Post Company →
respondent	United States →
result	Injunctions against the New York Times and Washington Post were vacated. →
subjectMatter	publication of the Pentagon Papers →
term	1970 Term →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pentagon Papers → Pentagon Papers ("United States v. Washington Post Co.") →	legalCase
New York Times Co. v. United States ("Pentagon Papers case") →	alsoKnownAs
First Amendment to the United States Constitution →	hasLandmarkCase
United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court →	hasNotableCase
William J. Brennan Jr. ("New York Times Co. v. Sullivan") →	notableWork
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg →	relatedCase
Espionage Act of 1917 →	usedInCase