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- ↑ "Justice Sallie Updyke Mundy" (bio), in "Supreme Court Justices." Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, retrieved online November 20, 2022.
- ↑ Frank, Walt. "As time goes by: McQuade Blasko celebrates 100 years." Altoona, Pennsylvania: Altoona Mirror, October 30, 2021.
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- ↑ "Pennsylvania Superior Court to Visit Penn State." University Park, Pennsylvania: Penn State Law, February 19, 2014.
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- ↑ Associated Press (November 8, 2017). "Sallie Mundy, GOP incumbent, keeps Pennsylvania Supreme Court seat". The Morning Call . Retrieved November 8, 2017.
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