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- ↑ "Forbes profile: Elaine Marshall". Forbes . Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ↑ "Marshall, E. Pierce, Ind. & v. Estate of J. Howard Marshall". July 16, 2015.
- ↑ "UNITED STATES v. MARSHALL II". FindLaw . November 10, 2014.