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- 1 2 "Nygaard, Richard Lowell - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
- ↑ Note, Recent Case: Third Circuit Holds Bystanders Have First Amendment Right to Record Police but Grants Qualified Immunity to Officers Involved , 131 Harv. L. Rev. 2049 (2018).
