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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

981 F2D 443Moore v. Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
981 F2D 1488Besing v. Hawthorne
981 F2D 1288Meyer v. Bush
981 F2D 1269United Ass'n of Journeymen v. Barr
981 F2D 1252United States America v. Rumph
981 F2D 1251Milton McCray v. Christopher J. Romano, Assistant Attorney General in His Individual and Official Capacities
981 F2D 1251Ainsley A. King v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
981 F2D 1250William Christopher Brown v. Richard D. Bennett
981 F2D 1249United States v. Blandin
980 F2D 963United States v. Hicks
980 F2D 883United States v. Sampson
980 F2D 738Moore v. Permanente Medical Group Inc
980 F2D 733United States v. Christopher D. Unger
980 F2D 731United States v. Leonard Lewis
980 F2D 729Christopher Botello v. United States
980 F2D 729Coleman v. Owens
980 F2D 728Wheat v. Champion International Corporation
980 F2D 1381Bolt v. Halifax Hospital Medical Center
979 F2D 952Brounstein v. United States
979 F2D 857United States v. Jose Vargas-Mariscal
979 F2D 850Brooks v. Center Park Associates
979 F2D 816United States v. Ledesma
979 F2D 806Key Enterprises of Delaware, Inc. v. Venice Hospital
979 F2D 436United States v. Gilliam
979 F2D 216Christopher G. Mavronikolas v. United States Postal Service
979 F2D 1566Flagstaff Broadcasting Foundation v. Federal Communications Commission
978 F2D 1554United States v. Robinson
978 F2D 1265Moffitt v. United States
978 F2D 1255Christopher David Merhaut v. David A. Williams
978 F2D 1255Mosteller v. Dimartino
977 F2D 591Taylor v. Honig G
977 F2D 574United States of America v. Gilmore
977 F2D 1242United States v. Sykes
976 F2D 728United States America v. R Masters
976 F2D 726Lewis III v. United States Navy
976 F2D 2Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
976 F2D 1445Terry v. Busey
976 F2D 1439Sarasota-Charlotte Broadcasting Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission