NY TIMES V. US
Year: 1971
Result: 6:3, favor NYT
Related Constitutional issue/amendment: 1st amendment (freedom of press)
Civil Rights or Civil Liberties: Liberties
Significance/Precedent: Prior restraints are nearly always violations of the 1st amendment, even in this case when the published documents were 'top secret' and could potentially be a threat to the security of the nation.
Quote from majority opinion: "Both the history and language of the First Amendment support the view that the press must be left free to publish news, whatever the source, without censorship, injunctions, or prior restraints."
6-word summary: Pentagon Papers, prior restraint, classified information
Result: 6:3, favor NYT
Related Constitutional issue/amendment: 1st amendment (freedom of press)
Civil Rights or Civil Liberties: Liberties
Significance/Precedent: Prior restraints are nearly always violations of the 1st amendment, even in this case when the published documents were 'top secret' and could potentially be a threat to the security of the nation.
Quote from majority opinion: "Both the history and language of the First Amendment support the view that the press must be left free to publish news, whatever the source, without censorship, injunctions, or prior restraints."
6-word summary: Pentagon Papers, prior restraint, classified information