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- ↑ Report of District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission
- 1 2 3 Nominations of Wendell Philip Gardner, Jr., and Warren Roger King : hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, June 4, 1991. 4.G 74/9:S.hrg.102-213 (1991) - page 24