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- ↑ "Appellate Division - First Judicial Department". www.nycourts.gov. 2014-10-24. Archived from the original on 2017-06-04. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- 1 2 Puerto Rican Bar Association Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine