New York Times Company v. United States
Significance, The Government Moves To Stop The Leak, Supreme Court Throws Out Government's Case
Petitioner
United States
Respondent
The New York Times Company
Petitioner's Claim
That the government's efforts to prevent the New York Times from publishing certain Vietnam War documents known as the "Pentagon Papers" were justified because of the interests of national security.
Chief Lawyers for Petitioner
Alexander M. Bickel, William E. Hegarty
Chief Lawyers for Respondent
Daniel M. Friedman, Erwin N. Griswold, Robert C. Mardian
Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black (writing for the Court), William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White
Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, John Marshall Harlan II
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
30 June 1971
Decision
The government cannot restrain the New York Times from publishing the Pentagon Papers.
Sources
Cornell. http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc., 1995.
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