Morrison
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Morrison may refer to:
[edit] Companies
- Morrisons, a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom
- Morrison's Cafeteria, a chain of cafeteria-style restaurants located in the southeastern United States
- Morrison & Foerster, an American law firm
- Morrison & Sinclair, a ship building company based in Sydney, Australia
- Gran Morrison, a chain of stores that sell household goods and specialty crafts in Panamá
[edit] Place names
[edit] Settlements in the United States
- Morrison, Colorado
- Morrison, Illinois
- Morrison, Iowa
- Morrison, Missouri
- Morrison, Oklahoma
- Morrison, Tennessee
- Morrison, Wisconsin
- Morrison Bluff, Arkansas
- Morrison County, Minnesota
- Morrison Ranch, Agoura Hills, California
- Morrison Township, Minnesota
[edit] Other
- Morrison Cove, a valley in Blair and Bedford counties of central Pennsylvania
- Morrison Formation, the primary fossil-bearing location in Dinosaur National Monument
- Morrison Hill, in Hong Kong
- Morrison Road, Perth, a major road running through Perth, Western Australia
- Morrison Street, a shopping street in Beijing, better known as Wangfujing
- Mount Morrison, the name of several mountains
- Alexander Morrison National Park, in Western Australia
- Morissen, a municipality in the district of Surselva, Switzerland
[edit] People names
- Morrison (surname), people with the surname Morrison
- Baron Morrison, a title created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Clan Morrison, a Scottish clan of the Highlands
- Jim Morrison, leader of the rock band The Doors
[edit] Music
- Morrison Hotel, an album by The Doors
- Morrison Records, an independent Australian jazz record label
- MoRisen Records, an independent record label based in Charlotte, North Carolina
[edit] Ships
- Morrison, a 19th century American merchant ship (see: Morrison Incident)
- USS Morrison (DD-560), a Fletcher-class destroyer sunk in the Pacific in 1945
- USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13), a frigate decommissioned in 2002
[edit] Buildings and institutions
- Morrison's Academy, an independent co-educational school based in Crieff, Scotland
- Morrison Academy, a school in Taichung, Taiwan
- Morrison Glace Bay High School, a school in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
- Morrison Institute, an Arizona State University resource for objective policy analysis and expertise
- Morrison Observatory, an astronomical observatory located in Fayette, Missouri
- Morrison Stadium, a soccer stadium in Omaha, Nebraska
[edit] Supreme Court cases
- Morrison v. Olson (1988), which ruled that the Independent Counsel Act was constitutional
- United States v. Morrison (2000), which ruled that the Violence Against Women Act was unconstitutional
[edit] Other
- Verticordia nitens, a flowering plant commonly known as Morrison.
- Morrison Bridge, a bridge spanning the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon
- Morrison shelter, a type of air-raid shelter
- Morrison, a Pokémon character