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- ↑ Marquis Who's Who (1999). Who's Who of American Women 1999-2000. Marquis Who's Who. ISBN 9780837904245 . Retrieved 2014-12-11.[ permanent dead link ]
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sandra Lynch at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jonathan Saltzman, "Jurist's career of firsts hits a milestone," Boston Globe (June 16, 2008).
- 1 2 Laurel J. Sweet, Judge Sandra L. Lynch breaks court's glass ceiling, Boston Herald (June 16, 2008).
- 1 2 BBA Honors Chief Judge Sandra L. Lynch with Haskell Cohn Award (press release), Boston Bar Association.
- ↑ Ratings of Article III Judicial Nominees, 103rd Congress (1993-1994), American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary.
- ↑ PN158 — Sandra L. Lynch — The Judiciary, Congress.gov, 104th Congress (1995-1996).
- ↑ "1st Circuit's first woman judge to retire from active service". Reuters. March 1, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
- ↑ Linda Greenhouse, Justices to Decide Foreign Policy Question in Massachusetts Boycott of Myanmar, New York Times (November 30, 1999).
- ↑ Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council , 530 U.S. 363 (2000).
- ↑ "Recent Case: First Circuit Holds That Trading Drugs for Guns Constitutes "Use" of a Gun for Purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(C)" (PDF). Harvard Law Review . 120: 852. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Watson v. United States, 552 U.S. 74 (2007)". Justia Law.
- ↑ Recent Case: Equal Protection — Sexual Orientation - First Circuit Invalidates Statute that Defines Marriage as Legal Union Between One Man and One Woman. — Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health & Human Services, 682 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2012), 126 Harv. L. Rev. 611 (2012).
- ↑ "JANE DOES 1-6; JOHN DOES 1-3; JACK DOES 1-1000; JOAN DOES 1-1000, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. JANET T. MILLS, in her official capacity as Governor of the State of Maine" (PDF). ca1.uscourts.gov. October 19, 2021. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ↑ U.S. Supreme Court. "No. 21-717".
- ↑ Alumnae Achievement Awards 1997: Sandra L. Lynch '68, Wellesley College.
