New York Times Co. v. United States · ¶117

With such respect as may be due to the contrary view, this, in my opinion, is not the way to try a lawsuit of this magnitude and asserted importance. It is not the way. for federal courts to adjudicate, and to be required to adjudicate, -issues that allegedly concern the Nation’s vital welfare. The country would be none the worse off were the cases tried quickly, to be sure, but in the customary and propérly deliberative manner. The most recent of the material, it is said, dates no later than 1968,..already about three years ago, and the Times itself took three months to formulate its plan of procedure and, thus,, deprived. its public for that period.

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U. S. Reports, volume 403, at 713 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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