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- ↑ "Connecticut Supreme Court". www.jud.ct.gov.
- ↑ "Connecticut, Florida Trust & Estates, Litigation, Real Estate, Corporate, Financial Law Firm". www.cl-law.com.
- ↑ N.Y. Times, Dec. 22, 1985.
