New York Times Co. v. United States

holding that the Government had not met its “burden of showing justification” for a prior restraint on the publication of documents related to the Vietnam war | holding that the Government had not met its "burden of showing justification" for a prior restraint on the publication of documents related to the Vietnam war | holding that asserted military interests could not justify prior restraint of the press | holding that asserted military interests could not justify prior restraint of the press | holding that a claim of potential harm to national security does not provide the executive branch with unconstrained authority to override the freedom of the press | holding that a claim of potential harm to national security does not provide the executive branch with unconstrained authority to override the freedom of the press | holding that a claim of potential harm to national security does not provide the executive branch with unconstrained authority to override the freedom of the press | holding that a claim of potential harm to national security does not provide the executive branch with unconstrained authority to override the freedom of the press | holding that the Motion Picture Control Act was a prior restraint when the Board of Censors had to approve movies before screening | holding that government failed to show that publication of the Pentagon Papers will clearly result in direct, immediate, and irreparable harm to the nation | holding that notwithstanding the fact that a third party had stolen the information, the press had a constitutional right to publish the Pentagon Papers because they were of public concern | holding that a claim of potential harm to national security does not provide the executive branch with unconstrained authority to override the freedom of the press | holding that a claim of potential harm to national security does not provide the executive branch with unconstrained authority to override the freedom of the press | holding that the government had not met its burden of showing justification for imposition of a restraint on the publication of classified documents related to the Vietnam War | holding that “neither the CIA’s administrative determination nor any court order in this case constitutes a prior restraint in the traditional sense upon [the plaintiff] or any other party” | permitting publication of Pentagon Papers in face of argument of threat to relations with allies | attempting to enjoin newspapers from publishing contents of classified study regarding decision-making process on United States’ Vietnam policy | declining to enjoin newspapers from publishing the “Pentagon Papers,” despite government’s claim that doing so could threaten national security | interpreting the First Amendment to prohibit prior restraint on speech, except in extraordinary circumstances involving risks to national security and the like | dissenting opinions of Chief Justice Burger, Mr. Justice Harlan and Mr. Justice Blackmun | addressing the constitutionality of an injunction preventing the New York Times and the Washington Post from publishing the contents of a classified study | refusing to restrain third parties’ publication of classified study secured by unauthorized leak from former government employee | addressing the constitutionality of an injunction preventing the New York Times and the Washington Post from publishing the contents of a classified study | reversing the grant of an injunction precluding the New York Times and the Washington Post from publishing the Pentagon Papers, a classified study of United States involvement in Vietnam from 1945-1967 | refusing to suppress publication of papers stolen from the Pentagon by a third party | featuring the President’s attempt to secure a permanent injunction preventing the publication of the Pentagon Papers after a whistleblower covertly shared them with the news media | dissenting opinions of Chief Justice Burger, Mr. Justice Harlan and Mr. Justice Blackmun