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Christopher, Illinois

7,353 opinions mention this place

Christopher is a city in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,836 at the 2000 census. It was the site of an early-morning railroad freight train derailment on Monday, December 4, 2006, involving two locomotives and 21 cars of an 83-car Union Pacific train; an unknown hazardous chemical spill ensued and mildly sickened several victims and rescue personnel, who were treated but not hospitalized. Christopher was the birthplace of the actor John Malkovich, former NBA player and coach Doug Collins, America's Next Top Model contestant Nichole Smith, Fear Factor contestant Christopher Dallas-Feeney and Match Game host Gene Rayburn.

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Landmark decisions involving Christopher

Roper v. Simmons (2005)543 U.S. 551
Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)539 U.S. 244
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003)540 U.S. 93overruled
Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)539 U.S. 306
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida (1996)517 U.S. 44
Payne v. Tennessee (1991)501 U.S. 808
South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)383 U.S. 301
Rose v. Himley (1808)8 U.S. 241overruled

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Opinions mentioning Christopher

143 F3D 466Leonard v. Walthall
143 F3D 139Ciarlante v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
143 F3D 1160Mathews v. Trilogy Communications, Inc.
142 F3D 907Kruse v. City of Cincinnati
142 F3D 813Texas ex rel. Board of Regents of the University of Texas System v. Walker
142 F3D 712Griffin v. Wake County
142 F3D 446United States of America v. Lautz
142 F3D 440Cedric M. Richeson and Emily Richeson v. Christopher S. Saltzman
142 F3D 440United States of America v. Christopher L. Hamilton
142 F3D 326Gottfried v. Medical Planning Services, Inc.
142 F3D 336United States v. Manning
142 F3D 181Peterson v. Cooley
142 F3D 1408United States v. West
141 F3D 913Federal Deposit Insurance v. Mahoney
141 F3D 447Patel v. Sun Co.
141 F3D 344Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod v. Federal Communications Commission
141 F3D 24Dichner v. Liberty Travel
141 F3D 1216Giuffre Organization, Ltd. v. Euromotorsport Racing, Inc.
141 F3D 1184Johnson v. Zavaras
141 F3D 1182United States of America v. Watkins
141 F3D 1173Baskin Distribution, Inc. v. Pittway Corp.
141 F3D 1169Nolan v. Weber
141 F3D 1169Meints v. Stone
141 F3D 1124Southfork Systems, Inc. v. United States
140 F3D 111Harman v. City of New York
14 F3D 998Brady Development Co. v. Resolution Trust Corp.
14 F3D 864United States v. Premises Known as RR #1, Box 224, Dalton, Scott Township & North Abington Township, Lackawanna County, PA
14 F3D 64Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Federal Aviation Administration
14 F3D 610Ferguson v. Miller
14 F3D 606Morrow v. Carter
14 F3D 603United States v. Waters
14 F3D 600Nancye Callahan v. Hutsell, Callahan & Buchino P.S.C. Revised Profit Sharing Plan, Courtney Callahan
14 F3D 60Graham v. Butterworth
14 F3D 596Ragin v. Ashcraft
14 F3D 44Forster v. State of NH
14 F3D 44Lovell Etc v. Peoples Heritage Savings Bank et al.
14 F3D 36North Star Alaska v. United States
14 F3D 1387United States v. Armstrong
14 F3D 1364United States v. Fontenot
14 F3D 1150United States v. Carter
139 F3D 953Sangre de Cristo Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
139 F3D 909United States of America v. A Schubert
139 F3D 909United States of America v. Vega
139 F3D 907Phillips v. Lockheed Martin Corporation E Adriatico