Supreme Court Scores Law Professor for Losing Check

Using an uncashed check as a bookmark brought Ralph J. Baker, professor of Law, to the brink of disbarment when the Supreme Court cited him for "unbecoming conduct." Mr. Baker's dealings were exposed by the Court in a pause yesterday following the decision returning $200,000,000 in impounded AAA processing taxes.

Mr. Baker, who is a member of the Supreme Court bar, was ordered December 9 to show cause why he should not lose his right to practice for failure to cash a $15.45 check sent him last November 10. Mr. Baker also failed to answer four letters in regard to it. Yesterday he pleaded having searched four hours, frequently in "voluminous papers," He found it in a book.

Baker's statement offered the court and clerk his "most sincere and humble apology" and admitted "my error and discourtesy."