New York Times vs United States
New York Times vs. United States (1971) 1. ... The two parties involved are the New York Times newspaper and the United States government. ... The New York Times and the Washington Post gained access to the Pentagon Papers, and published them, to give the people the information they wanted so badly. ... A man named Daniel Ellsberg and a man named Anthony Russo photocopied the papers, which supported their views of American involvement in Vietnam being a mistake, and the New York Times obtained the copies. Attorney General John Mitchell immediately ordered that the New York Times halt its publication. The Times refused, which led to a court case. ... The New York Times, however, the Supreme Court felt was one of these extreme publications. ... The first lower court’s decision, issued by the NY federal district court Judge Gurfein, voted in favor of the Times.