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- ↑ "Attorney, Judge Score High for Seat on Court", Daily Sitka Sentinel (December 21, 1993), p. 5.
- ↑ McGroarty, Erin (January 8, 2020). "Alaska Supreme Court Justice Stowers to retire". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
- ↑ Brooks, James (March 2, 2020). "Alaska's chief justice recuses himself from the Dunleavy recall". Anchorage Daily News.
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