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- ↑ "Contact Us". United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Utah. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ↑ "U.S. Bankruptcy Court appoints Joel T. Marker new judge for Utah". Deseret News. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ↑ "28 USC Ch. 6: BANKRUPTCY JUDGES". United States Code. United States House of Representatives. §152. Appointment of bankruptcy judges.
- ↑ Bates, Blaine F. (2011). "Introduction to the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel" (PDF).
- ↑ Boulden, Judith A.; Cannon, Kenneth L. "Utah Bankruptcy Practice in the Early Era, 1898-1949" (PDF). Tenth Circuit Historical Society.
- ↑ Johnson, Ezekial; Wright, James (2006). "Are Mormons Bankrupting Utah? Evidence from the Bankruptcy Courts" (PDF). Suffolk University Law Review. 40: 607.
