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- ↑ "Moore's Federal Practice | Lillian Goldman Law Library". library.law.yale.edu. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ↑ Griffin, Amy (2018). "Dethroning the Hierarchy of Authority". Oregon Law Review. 97: 75.
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