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Legal Citation: 403 U.S. 713 (1971)

Petitioner
United States

Respondent
The New York Times Company

Petitioner's Claim
That the government's efforts to prevent the New York Times from publishing certain Vietnam War documents known as the "Pentagon Papers" were justified because of the interests of national security.

Chief Lawyers for Petitioner
Alexander M. Bickel, William E. Hegarty

Chief Lawyers for Respondent
Daniel M. Friedman, Erwin N. Griswold, Robert C. Mardian

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black (writing for the Court), William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, John Marshall Harlan II

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
30 June 1971