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- ↑ Kenneth Jost, The Supreme Court A-Z (2013), p. 95.
- ↑ Melvin I. Urofsky, Biographical Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court: The Lives and Legal Philosophies of the Justices (2006), p. 628.
- ↑ "Joseph F. Spaniol, Jr". American Law Institute . Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- ↑ "Obituaries". The Washington Post . April 19, 2002.
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