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Portland, Connecticut
6,929 opinions mention this place
Portland is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,732 at the 2000 census. It is situated across the Connecticut River from Middletown. Brownstone quarried in Portland was used in the construction of Hartford's Old State House in 1796. The vast majority of the brownstone buildings in Connecticut (see College Row at Wesleyan University and the Long Walk at Trinity College) as well as the famous brownstones in New York City were built with brownstone from Portland's quarries. About half of the town's perimeter is made up of the Connecticut River. The town has eight marinas and boat clubs as well as three 18-hole golf courses.
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Landmark decisions involving Portland
- Quill Corp. v. North Dakota (1992)504 U.S. 298overruled
- Employment Division v. Smith (1990)494 U.S. 872
- Collins v. Youngblood (1990)497 U.S. 37
- Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Brady (1977)430 U.S. 274
- Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board (1976)424 U.S. 507
- Miller v. California (1973)413 U.S. 15
- National Bellas Hess, Inc. v. Department of Revenue of Ill. (1967)386 U.S. 753overruled
- Joseph E. Seagram & Sons v. Hostetter (1966)384 U.S. 35overruled
- Forman v. United States (1960)361 U.S. 416overruled
- Spector Motor Service v. O'Connor (1951)340 U.S. 602overruled
- Hooven & Allison Co. v. Evatt (1945)324 U.S. 652overruled
- United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Ass'n (1944)322 U.S. 533
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)319 U.S. 624
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Opinions mentioning Portland
- 944 F2D 912In Re Cooper Tire and Rubber Company
- 99 F3D 937Cost Management Services, Inc. v. Washington Natural Gas Co.
- 99 F3D 782Moreno v. Consolidated Rail Corp.
- 99 F3D 334Oregon Natural Resources Council, Inc. v. Kantor
- 98 F3D 686United States v. Sullivan
- 98 F3D 1345Frederick v. City of Portland
- 97 F3D 367Frazee v. United States Forest Service
- 97 F3D 1504CMM Cable Rep, Inc. v. Ocean Coast Properties, Inc.
- 97 F3D 1460Northwest Environmental Defense Center v. Wood
- 96 F3D 434Ramsey v. Kantor
- 96 F3D 1328Oregon, Department of Human Resources v. Witcosky
- 96 F3D 1332Maydak v. Bonded Credit Co.
- 96 F3D 1151Paracor Finance, Inc. v. General Electric Capital Corp.
- 95 F3D 1435Dreier v. United States
- 95 F3D 1422Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd. v. City of Monterey
- 94 F3D 658Florida Audubon Society v. Bentsen
- 94 F3D 65Presidential Life Insurance v. Milken
- 94 F3D 568Clinton v. Acequia, Inc.
- 94 F3D 561Dufay v. Bank of America N.T. & S.A., of Oregon
- 93 F3D 890Massachusetts v. United States Department of Transportation
- 93 F3D 610Sierra Club v. United States Forest Service
- 93 F3D 31Porn v. National Grange Mutual Insurance
- 92 F3D 792Oregon Natural Resources Council v. Thomas
- 92 F3D 1486Easyriders Freedom F.I.G.H.T. v. Hannigan
- 92 F3D 1239Altamont Gas Transmission Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- 91 F3D 242Sullivan v. Young Bros.
- 91 F3D 1293McGuire v. City of Portland
- 90 F3D 600Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. v. Houde
- 90 F3D 238Ehredt Underground, Inc. v. Commonwealth Edison Co.
- 90 F3D 110Mississippi Department of Economic & Community Development v. United States Department of Labor
- 9 F3D 1550Bascomb v. City of Seattle
- 9 F3D 1391Draper v. Chiapuzio
- 9 F3D 1388Trimiew v. United States
- 9 F3D 1389Trimiew v. United States
- 89 F3D 845Lindquist v. King County
- 89 F3D 816Hoskins Lumber Co. v. United States
- 89 F3D 17Wainwright Bank & Trust Co. v. Boulos
- 88 F3D 1511Douglas v. Brownell
- 87 F3D 1317Adesanya v. Prunty
- 86 F3D 895Sproull v. Director
- 85 F3D 616Reich v. Shiloh True Light Church of Christ
- 85 F3D 327American Eagle Insurance v. Thompson
- 84 F3D 38United States v. Page
- 84 F3D 1162Reynolds ex rel. Estate of Reynolds v. County of San Diego
- 84 F3D 1137Jet Investment, Inc. v. Department of the Army
- 83 F3D 930Independent Construction Equipment Builders Union v. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.
- 83 F3D 498McKinnon v. Kwong Wah Restaurant
- 83 F3D 428Rodriguez v. City of Simi Valley
- 83 F3D 20United States v. Santiago
- 82 F3D 825Northwest Forest Resource Council v. Glickman