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Douglas Laycock

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Douglas Laycock
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US Government Printing Office
Date
1982
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Douglas Laycock, Statement , Fair Insurance Practices Act US Government Printing Office 19–34 (1982).
UVA Law Faculty Affiliations
Douglas Laycock
Program in Constitutional Law
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