· Case: NY Times v. United States
· Year: 1971
· Result: 6-3, favor N.Y Times
· Related constitutional issue/amendment: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly
· Civil rights or Civil liberties: Civil Liberties
· Significance/ Precedent: The Nixon administration's efforts to prevent the publication of what it termed "classified information" violated the First Amendment. Since the publication of the papers would not cause an event endangering the safety of America, prior restraint was unjustified and not proper.
· Quote from majority opinion: “The United States, which brought these actions to enjoin publication in the New York Times and in the Washington Post of certain classified material, has notmet the ‘heavy burden of showing justification for the enforcement of such a [prior] restraint.’”
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· 6-word summary: Nixon prior restraint, no danger present.
· Year: 1971
· Result: 6-3, favor N.Y Times
· Related constitutional issue/amendment: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly
· Civil rights or Civil liberties: Civil Liberties
· Significance/ Precedent: The Nixon administration's efforts to prevent the publication of what it termed "classified information" violated the First Amendment. Since the publication of the papers would not cause an event endangering the safety of America, prior restraint was unjustified and not proper.
· Quote from majority opinion: “The United States, which brought these actions to enjoin publication in the New York Times and in the Washington Post of certain classified material, has notmet the ‘heavy burden of showing justification for the enforcement of such a [prior] restraint.’”
· Illustration/image: See Below
· 6-word summary: Nixon prior restraint, no danger present.