Robert Eldon Bakes (born January 11, 1932)[1] is an American attorney and politician who served as a justice of the Idaho Supreme Court from 1971 to 1993.
In 1966 and 1968, Bakes was a Democratic nominee for a seat in the Idaho House of Representatives, but was not elected in either bid.
[2] On December 22, 1971, Governor Cecil Andrus appointed Bakes to a seat on the Idaho Supreme Court vacated by the retirement of Clay V.
He authored nearly 1,000 written opinions during his judicial career, including many precedent setting cases, such as Bliss Valley v. West One Bank, outlining the law of lender liability.
In November 2003, Bakes was hired by the state to serve as a special deputy attorney general representing a district court judge in a dispute over that judge's order that the state pay for a special master to inspect certain Idaho schoolhouses.