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- ↑ Platoff, Emma (February 21, 2019). "Gov. Greg Abbott appoints Brett Busby to Texas Supreme Court". The Texas Tribune . Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- ↑ February 21, Mark Bauer |; PM, 2019 at 04:23. "Brett Busby Appointed to Texas Supreme Court". Texas Lawyer. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "TJB | SC | News | Gov. Abbott Swears in a New Justice, J. Brett Busby".
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- ↑ "Brett Busby '98 Appointed to Texas Supreme Court". Columbia Law School. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- ↑ Vertuno, Jim (March 7, 2019). "Texas governor fills courts with GOP judges voters rejected". AP NEWS. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
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