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- ↑ Road, The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law * 3600 John McCormack; Washington, N. E. *; Dc 20064. "Justice Henry duPont Ridgely, Class of 1973, to Retire from Delaware Supreme Court". www.law.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Denison, Doug (August 31, 2010). "Justice Ridgely to reclaim ancestral Eden Hill mansion". Dover Post.
