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Walter Baker

Justice, Supreme Court of Kentucky

Walter Baker was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Kentucky, who joined the court in 1996. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived
1937–2011
Tenure
1996–1996

Judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1996Supreme Court of Kentucky––

Education

Harvard University
Harvard University

Judicial Record

In our data, Baker authored 1 published opinion for the court (1996), plus 2 dissents. Most cited: Rye v. Weasel (53 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 3 of these were attributed to Baker by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

YearCaseCitationCited
1996Rye v. Weasel· Dissent†934 S.W.2d 25753
1996Combs v. Hubb Coal Corp.· Dissent†934 S.W.2d 25026
1996Commonwealth v. Gross†936 S.W.2d 8522

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Supreme Court of Kentucky reach the bench?
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Walter Baker was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Kentucky.

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Joined the court in 1996. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).