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- ↑ Gaulden, Sid (December 31, 1991). "S.C. high court gets new judge". Post and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. pp. B1.
- ↑ "Justice James E. Moore". South Carolina Supreme Court. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
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