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Madison, Connecticut
6,213 opinions mention this place
Madison is a town in the southeastern corner of New Haven County, Connecticut, and it occupies a central location on the Connecticut Shoreline area. The population was 18,812 at the 2000 census. Madison was first settled in 1641. Throughout the 18th century, Madison was known as East Guilford until it was incorporated as a town in 1826. Since then, Madison and Guilford have shared many cultural and economic similarities despite an unofficial high school rivalry. Bill Clinton mentions the town in his autobiography, My Life. Hammonasset State Park in Madison possesses the state's longest public beach, with campsites, picnic areas, and a fishing pier, and is extremely popular in the summer causing traffic jams on I-95 on peak days. Also located in the town is Surf Club Beach, with lifeguards and recreation fields, as well as the Madison Beach Club, a private country club.
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Landmark decisions involving Madison
- Roper v. Simmons (2005)543 U.S. 551
- Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004)542 U.S. 507
- United States v. Hatter (2001)532 U.S. 557
- Bush v. Gore (2000)531 U.S. 98
- Guy Mitchells v. Mary L Helms (2000)530 U.S. 793
- United States v. Morrison (2000)529 U.S. 598
- City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)521 U.S. 507
- Agostini v. Felton Chancellor Board of Education of the City of New York (1997)521 U.S. 203
- Washington v. Glucksberg (1997)521 U.S. 702
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida (1996)517 U.S. 44
- United States v. Lopez (1995)514 U.S. 549
- Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (1992)505 U.S. 1003
- Coleman v. Thompson (1991)501 U.S. 722
- Collins v. Youngblood (1990)497 U.S. 37
- Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce (1990)494 U.S. 652overruled
- United States v. Halper (1989)490 U.S. 435overruled
- Welch v. Texas Department of Highways & Public Transportation (1987)483 U.S. 468
- Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985)469 U.S. 528
- INS v. Chadha (1983)462 U.S. 919
- Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan (1982)458 U.S. 718
- Parratt v. Taylor (1981)451 U.S. 527overruled
- Nevada v. Hall (1979)440 U.S. 410overruled
- Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City (1978)438 U.S. 104
- Monell v. Department of Social Services (1978)436 U.S. 658
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Opinions mentioning Madison
- 952 F2D 1396In Re James Madison Compton
- 98 F3D 985Bilharz v. First Interstate Bank of Wisconsin
- 97 F3D 975United States v. Winnie
- 97 F3D 969Brown v. Disciplinary Committee of the Edgerton Volunteer Fire Department
- 97 F3D 192United States v. Patterson
- 97 F3D 185Thurman v. Gramley
- 97 F3D 1536McCloud v. Testa
- 96 F3D 706United States v. CDMG Realty Co.
- 96 F3D 1482Kelley ex rel. Michigan Department of Natural Resources v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- 95 F3D 331Chisolm v. TranSouth Financial Corp.
- 94 F3D 478Rehbein v. Clarke
- 94 F3D 399Thiel v. State Bar of Wisconsin
- 94 F3D 270JPM, Inc. v. John Deere Industrial Equipment Co.
- 94 F3D 286United States v. Dumas
- 94 F3D 1346Apusento Garden (Guam) Inc. v. Superior Court of Guam
- 93 F3D 386Northwestern National Insurance v. Schubach
- 93 F3D 269United States v. Copus
- 93 F3D 230Lexington-South Elkhorn Water District v. City of Wilmore
- 91 F3D 884United States v. Kenney
- 91 F3D 463New Jersey v. United States
- 91 F3D 30Canedy v. Boardman
- 91 F3D 1011Miranda v. Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
- 91 F3D 1TPM Holdings, Inc. v. Intra-Gold Industries, Inc.
- 9 F3D 576United States v. Carson
- 9 F3D 312Resolution Trust Corp. v. Daddona
- 9 F3D 1366Hughes v. Lee County District Court
- 9 F3D 1229McGeshick v. Choucair
- 89 F3D 799United States v. Verdunn
- 89 F3D 392United States v. Ritsema
- 89 F3D 1423Tiberi v. CIGNA Corp.
- 89 F3D 1316United States v. Lampien
- 89 F3D 1269Stupak-Thrall v. United States
- 88 F3D 473Publications International, Ltd. v. Meredith Corp.
- 87 F3D 954United States v. Jones
- 87 F3D 1311Madison v. Vintage Petroleum, Inc.
- 86 F3D 96Flexible Manufacturing Systems Pty. Ltd. v. Super Products Corp.
- 86 F3D 700United States v. Crown Equipment Corp.
- 86 F3D 55Quarles v. Miller
- 85 F3D 621Madison v. Young
- 85 F3D 407Kareem Abdul-Jabbar v. General Motors Corporation Leo Burnett Company, Inc.
- 85 F3D 306Bohac v. West
- 85 F3D 270Williams v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
- 85 F3D 1295Mausolf v. Babbitt
- 84 F3D 985Neumann v. Jordan
- 84 F3D 720Hopwood v. Texas
- 84 F3D 386Lonchar v. Turpin
- 84 F3D 249United States v. Funches
- 84 F3D 1471American Civil Liberties Union v. Black Horse Pike Regional Board of Education
- 83 F3D 924Flynn v. Kornwolf
- 83 F3D 196United States v. Wade