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Summary. The New York Times and The Washington Post both gained access to the so-called “Pentagon Papers”— a classified Defense Department study that examined the history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Daniel Ellsburg was employed at the RAND Corporation, and he worked on the report.
A case in which the Court found that the use of "prior restraint" by President Nixon on a New York Times article about activities in Vietnam was an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment.
New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971) The First Amendment overrides the federal government’s interest in keeping certain documents, such as the Pentagon Papers, classified.
The Supreme Court of the United States (Supreme Court) held that the Government failed to meet the requisite burden of proof needed to justify a prior restraint of expression when attempting to enjoin the New York Times and Washington Post from publishing contents of a classified study.
New York Times Co. v. United States was a 1971 Supreme Court case concerning freedom of the press. Key points. In 1971, the administration of President Richard Nixon attempted to suppress the publication of a top-secret history of US military involvement in Vietnam, claiming that its publication endangered national security.
New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713 (1971), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the First Amendment right to freedom of the press.
The Supreme Court of the United States (Supreme Court) granted certiorari, to consider the whether the United States could enjoin both the New York Times and the Washington Post from printing the Pentagon Papers.
