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- ↑ "Senate Joint Resolution No. 9: RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE NOMINATION OF THE HONORABLE DOUGLAS S. LAVINE OF WEST HARTFORD TO BE A JUDGE OF THE APPELLATE COURT AND A JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT". February 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
