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- ↑ New Chief Justice Assumes Leadership of Court Today Archived 2007-08-24 at the Wayback Machine , press release dated October 26, 2006
- ↑ Staff. "Retired Chief Justice James R. Zazzali", New Jersey Supreme Court, backed up by the Internet Archive as of April 25, 2009. Accessed March 10, 2011. "Chief Justice Zazzali was born in Newark on June 17, 1937. He attended Seton Hall Preparatory School and was graduated from Georgetown College in 1958 and Georgetown Law Center in 1962."
- ↑ Governor Nominates Supreme Court Justice Zazzali to Serve as Chief Justice and Appellate Judge Hoens to Serve as Associate Justice Archived 2007-07-18 at the Wayback Machine , press release dated September 21, 2006.
- ↑ Justice James R. Zazzali Archived 2009-04-25 at the Wayback Machine , accessed October 10, 2006.
- ↑ via Associated Press. "NEW JERSEY / ZAZZALI BECOMES STATE'S TOP JUDGE", The Press of Atlantic City , October 27, 2006. Accessed March 10, 2011. "Zazzali, a Democrat from Rumson, replaces Chief Justice Deborah T. Poritz, who retired Wednesday - the day before her 70th birthday, the mandatory age for retirement from the post."
