Resolution of Minor Disputes: Joint Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary and Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Finance of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, on Resolution of Minor Disputes, June 6, 7, 14, and 18, 1979 |
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