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  "subject_id": 202,
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  "value": "Divisional Court grants injunction, November 17, 1972",
  "statement": "On November 17, 1972, the Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division granted the Attorney General's application for an injunction restraining The Sunday Times from publishing its article, on the ground that publication would constitute contempt of court.",
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  "evidence_quote": "On 17 November 1972, the Divisional Court of the Queen’s Bench Division granted the AttorneyGeneral’s application for an injunction restraining publication of this future article on the ground that it would constitute contempt of court",
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  "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/claims/815",
  "subject_url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1972-uk-sunday-times-thalidomide-injunction",
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    "url": "https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/pdf?library=ECHR&id=001-57584&filename=001-57584.pdf",
    "final_url": "https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/pdf?library=ECHR&id=001-57584&filename=001-57584.pdf",
    "title": "Case of The Sunday Times v. The United Kingdom (Application no. 6538/74)",
    "publisher": "European Court of Human Rights",
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    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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