Pentagon Papers case

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Pentagon_Papers_decision
gptkbp:category gptkb:Freedom_of_the_press_in_the_United_States
United States Supreme Court cases
1971 in United States case law
gptkbp:citation 403 U.S. 713
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Hugo_Black
gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Potter_Stewart
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date_decided June 30, 1971
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:The_New_York_Times_Company
gptkb:The_Washington_Post_Company
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pentagon Papers case
gptkbp:impact limited government's ability to censor press
strengthened First Amendment protections
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Daniel_Ellsberg
gptkb:Neil_Sheehan
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:majority_opinion_by per curiam
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:New_York_Times_Co._v._United_States
gptkbp:organization gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:The_Washington_Post
gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Justice
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:United_States_government
gptkbp:precedent_for press freedom cases
gptkbp:principle prior restraint unconstitutional except in extreme cases
gptkbp:relatedEvent publication of Pentagon Papers
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Pentagon_Papers
gptkbp:result government's request for injunction denied
affirmed right of press to publish classified information
gptkbp:subject gptkb:First_Amendment
freedom of the press
prior restraint
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Near_v._Minnesota
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6