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New York Times Co. v. United States 403 U.S. 713 (1971) was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the First Amendment. The ruling made it possible for the New York Times and Washington Post newspapers to publish the then-classified Pentagon Papers without risk of government censorship or punishment.President Richard Nixon had claimed executive authority to force the Times to suspend publication of classified information in its possession.