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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

117 F3D 1222Hall v. Holder
117 F3D 1Swain v. Spinney
116 F3D 988Kerin v. United States Postal Service
116 F3D 962Sunview Condominium Ass'n v. Flexel International, Ltd.
116 F3D 725United States v. Hernandez
116 F3D 237Unelko Corp. v. Prestone Products Corp.
116 F3D 213United States v. Sadiq
116 F3D 166United States v. Guimond
116 F3D 119United States v. Landerman
115 F3D 155United States v. Malpeso
114 F3D 983Jacks v. Crabtree
114 F3D 908Law v. General Motors Corp.
114 F3D 835Johnson v. Baldwin
114 F3D 772United States v. Cody
114 F3D 464United States v. Dickerson
114 F3D 400United States v. Davis
114 F3D 1332Fisher v. Vassar College
114 F3D 1242United Transportation Union v. Surface Transportation Board
114 F3D 1199United States v. Rodriguez-Munguia
114 F3D 1191May v. Meloy
113 F3D 820Miners v. Cargill Communications, Inc.
113 F3D 787Leffel v. Valley Financial Services
113 F3D 528Coleman v. Houston Independent School District
113 F3D 313United States v. Fields
113 F3D 1563Negrón v. City of Miami Beach
113 F3D 1419Brady v. Houston Independent School District
113 F3D 1373Alexander S. v. Boyd
113 F3D 1247United States v. Lewis
113 F3D 1245Aaron III II III Ol Gr III v. City of Wichita Kansas
113 F3D 1068Gee-Kwong Chan v. Reno
113 F3D 1Benjamin v. Aroostook Medical Center, Inc.
112 F3D 88B.F. Goodrich v. Betkoski
112 F3D 313McKenzie v. City of White Hall
112 F3D 139Booth v. Maryland
112 F3D 1363Parretti v. United States
112 F3D 1048Doe ex rel. Doe v. American National Red Cross
111 F3D 737United States v. Simmonds
111 F3D 551United Airlines, Inc. v. United States
111 F3D 376United States v. Coscarelli
111 F3D 301Boero v. Drug Enforcement Administration
111 F3D 139United States v. David Love
111 F3D 1304Essex v. United Parcel Service, Inc.