City

Charleston, Illinois

4,117 opinions mention this place

For the Illinois village once known as Charleston, see Brimfield, Illinois. Charleston is a city in and the county seat of Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 21,039 as of the 2000 census. The city is home to Eastern Illinois University and has close ties with its neighbor Mattoon, Illinois. Both are principal cities of the Charleston–Mattoon Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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Landmark decisions involving Charleston

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004)542 U.S. 507
Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council (1992)505 U.S. 1003
South Carolina v. Gathers (1989)490 U.S. 805overruled
South Carolina v. Baker (1988)485 U.S. 505
Swain v. Alabama (1965)380 U.S. 202overruled
Wesberry v. Sanders (1964)376 U.S. 1
Reynolds v. Sims (1964)377 U.S. 533
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)376 U.S. 254
United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898)169 U.S. 649
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (1895)157 U.S. 429overruled
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)22 U.S. 1
Rose v. Himley (1808)8 U.S. 241overruled

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Opinions mentioning Charleston

99 F3D 203Wilson-Jones v. Caviness
99 F3D 134Statewide Reapportionment Advisory Committee v. Beasley
96 F3D 128Federal Deposit Insurance v. Barton
95 F3D 62Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
94 F3D 642Theresa Shelton v. United States
92 F3D 226Auvil v. Grafton Homes, Inc.
91 F3D 130Haynes v. Town of Summerville
89 F3D 1235National Labor Relations Board v. Kentucky May Coal Co.
88 F3D 255Centennial Life Insurance v. Poston
88 F3D 12McGrath v. Rhode Island Retirement Board
86 F3D 337Stiltner v. Island Creek Coal Co.
85 F3D 713United States v. Sawyer
84 F3D 734Castano v. American Tobacco Co.
81 F3D 437Hughes River Watershed Conservancy v. Glickman
77 F3D 898Consolidation Coal Co. v. McMahon
77 F3D 756Williams v. Benjamin
77 F3D 740Jenkins v. Montgomery Industries, Inc.
77 F3D 603BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. W.R. Grace & Co.
77 F3D 467Bagley v. Causey
76 F3D 611Burtnick v. McLean
76 F3D 606Mountaineer Gas Co. v. Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union
76 F3D 568Lilly v. Internal Revenue Service
76 F3D 535Maher v. Continental Casualty Co.
76 F3D 371Bethea v. Scott
75 F3D 941United States v. Gullett
74 F3D 498Florida Auto Auction of Orlando, Inc. v. United States
73 F3D 358Liberty Life Insurance Company v. Employers Reinsurance Corporation
72 F3D 1491City of Wichita v. United States Gypsum Co.
70 F3D 1262Morrison v. Jasper County Council
69 F3D 712Jones v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
68 F3D 86United States v. Foster
67 F3D 59South Carolina State Ports Authority v. M/v Tyson Lykes, Ex Delaware Bay, Her Engines, Tackles, Apparel, Furniture, Etc., in Rem, South Carolina State Ports Authority v. M/v Tyson Lykes, Ex Delaware Bay, Her Engines, Tackles, Apparel, Furniture, Etc., in Rem, South Carolina State Ports Authority v. M/v Tillie Lykes, Ex Chesapeake Bay, Her Engines, Tackles, Apparel, Furniture, Etc., in Rem, South Carolina State Ports Authority v. M/v Tillie Lykes, Ex Chesapeake Bay, Her Engines, Tackles, Apparel, Furniture, Etc., in Rem
67 F3D 517Curry v. Beatrice Pocahontas Coal Co.
67 F3D 297Traywick v. Medical University of South Carolina
66 F3D 1350Kornahrens v. Evatt
66 F3D 1324Fort Sumter Tours, Inc. v. Babbitt
65 F3D 55Staton v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
62 F3D 538Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. v. Tarbuck
61 F3D 837Thornquest v. King
61 F3D 1100United States v. Capers
60 F3D 823Mickalis v. Town of Summerville
60 F3D 822Haynes v. Dorchester County Solicitor's Office
60 F3D 173Warth v. Southern Ohio Coal Co.
6 F3D 229Marshall v. Manville Sales Corp.
6 F3D 190Cox v. Shannon-Pocahontas Mining Co.
6 F3D 177Central Wesleyan College v. W.R. Grace & Co.
58 F3D 961United States v. ReBrook
58 F3D 1101Columbia Natural Resources, Inc. v. Tatum
58 F3D 1051Ristow v. South Carolina Ports Authority
58 F3D 1041Federal Deposit Insurance v. Prince George Corp.