New York Times Co. V. United States
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Date decided | 1971 |
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Ruling court | Supreme Court of the United States |
Citations | L. Ed. 2d |
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ID | 1396483 |
About New York Times Co. V. United States
New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U. S. 713, was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the First Amendment. The ruling made it possible for The New York Times and The Washington Post newspapers to publish the then-classified Pentagon Papers without risk of government censorship or punishment.