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Baker v. Gold Seal Liquors

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
73-804
Petitioner: 
Baker
Respondent: 
Gold Seal Liquors
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
417 U.S. 467 (1974)
Argued: 
Tuesday, April 23, 1974
Decided: 
Monday, June 17, 1974
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Bankruptcy

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The Oyez Project, Baker v. Gold Seal Liquors , 417 U.S. 467 (1974)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1973/1973_73_804)
(last visited Saturday, November 21, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Baker, 1 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Act or Rules, or Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Wrote the majority opinion
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Wrote a special concurrence
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority, joined Stewart's concurrence
Powell
Wrote a dissent
Rehnquist

Full Opinion by Justice William O. Douglas