New York Times Co. v. United States

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Pentagon_Papers_Case
gptkbp:arguedDate June 25, 1971
June 26, 1971
gptkbp:category United States Free Speech Clause case law
United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court
1971 in United States case law
gptkbp:citation 403 U.S. 713
subsequent First Amendment cases
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Hugo_Black
gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Potter_Stewart
gptkbp:date June 30, 1971
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan_II
gptkbp:docketNumber 403 U.S. 713
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:New_York_Times_Company_v._United_States
gptkbp:heldBy The government cannot exercise prior restraint to prevent publication unless it can prove direct, immediate, and irreparable harm to the nation.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label New York Times Co. v. United States
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy per curiam
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:New_York_Times_Company
gptkbp:predecessor freedom of the press cases
gptkbp:principle prior restraint is unconstitutional unless government proves grave and irreparable danger
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:Pentagon_Papers
freedom of speech
gptkbp:result 6-3 decision in favor of the New York Times
gptkbp:subject gptkb:First_Amendment
freedom of the press
prior restraint
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4