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- ↑ Who's Who in American Law, 2005-2006. Marquis Who's Who. 2005. p. 517.
- ↑ "Supreme Court Justices". Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Jacobs leaving Delaware Supreme Court". Delaware Online . April 1, 2014.
