UNITED STATES v. NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY

No. 71 Civ. 2662.

328 F.Supp. 324 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

Motion for Preliminary Injunction June 19, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitney North Seymour, Jr., U. S. Atty. for Southern Dist. of New York, for plaintiff, United States, by Michael D. Hess, Joseph D. Danas, Daniel Riesel, Michael I. Saltzman, Milton Sherman, Howard S. Sussman, Asst. U. S. Attys., New York City.

Cahill, Gordon, Sonnett, Reindel & Ohl, New York City, for defendant New York Times Co., Alexander M. Bickel, New Haven, Conn., Floyd Abrams, William E. Hegarty, New York City, of counsel.

American Civil Liberties Union, New York Civil Liberties Union, by Norman Dorsen, Melvin L. Wulf, Osmond K. Fraenkel, Burt Newborne, National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, by Victor Rabinowitz, Kristin Booth Glen, New York City, amici curiae.


MEMORANDUM

GURFEIN, District Judge.

The United States seeks a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against The New York Times, its publisher and other officers and employees to restrain them from further dissemination or disclosure of certain alleged top secret or secret documents of the United States referred to in a verified complaint filed therewith.

I have granted the order to show cause as to why a preliminary injunction...

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