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Circuit 1950 FIRST FEDERAL CIRCUIT --U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit 1930 --Maine Supreme Judicial Court 1996 --Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 1930 --Massachusetts Appeals Court 1930 --New Hampshire Supreme Court 1930 --Rhode Island Supreme Court 1950 SECOND FEDERAL CIRCUIT --U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit 1930 --Connecticut Supreme Court 1950 --Connecticut Appellate Court 1950 --New York Court of Appeals 1955 --New York Supreme Court, Appellate Div. 1st Dept. 1955 --New York Supreme Court, Appellate Div. 2nd Dept. 1955 --New York Supreme Court, Appellate Div. 3rd Dept. 1955 --New York Supreme Court, Appellate Div. 4th Dept. 1955 --New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term 1st Dept. 1955 --New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term 2nd Dept. 1955 --Vermont Supreme Court 1930 THIRD FEDERAL CIRCUIT --U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit 1930 --U.S. District Court, New Jersey 1999 --New Jersey Supreme Court 1930 --New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division 1930 --U.S. District Court, Eastern, Pennsylvania 1997 --Pennsylvania Supreme Court 1950 --Pennsylvania Superior Court 1950 --Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court 1950 FOURTH FEDERAL CIRCUIT --U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit 1930 --U.S. District Court, Maryland 1999 --Maryland Court of Appeals 1950 --Maryland Special Court of Appeals 1950 --North Carolina Supreme Court 1945 --North Carolina Court of Appeals 1968 --U.S. District Court, South Carolina 1999 --South Carolina Supreme Court 1996 --South Carolina Court of Appeals 1996 --Virginia Supreme Court 1930 --Virginia Court of Appeals 1930 --West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals 1991 FIFTH FEDERAL CIRCUIT --U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit 1930 --Louisiana Supreme Court 1980 --Louisiana Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit 1980 --Louisiana Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 1980 --Louisiana Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit 1980 --Louisiana Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit 1980 --Louisiana Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit 1980 --U.S. District Court, Northern, 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