During this time period, the most widely known case was United States v. Nixon. Here, the court ruled that Nixon must hand in the tapes, and that the constitution didn't give him an "executive privilege" to deny the request. Other cases included Miami Herald Publishing Company v. Tornillo, Gregg v. Georgia, Ingraham v. Wright, and Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke - This decision by the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the admission process at the University of California at Davis was unconstitutional. The medical school at the university had reserved 16 seats, which had a separate admissions process, for minorities like Blacks, Latinos, and Asians. Allan Bakke, a white male, had sued the school when he was rejected while others with lower achievements were admitted. The university stated that it had wanted to diversify the classroom through this process. The court ruled 5 to 4 in favor of Bakke, stating that a racial quota system violated his rights under the Equal Protection Clause in the 14th Amendment.