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- ↑ "PRESS RELEASE FROM UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE WILLIAM C. GRIESBACH". www.wied.uscourts.gov. 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ↑ Michael Wines (22 November 2016). "Judges Find Wisconsin Redistricting Unfairly Favored Republicans". The New York Times . p. A1. Retrieved 24 November 2016.