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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
- 975 F2D 669United States v. Vroman
- 975 F2D 479United States v. Stanton
- 975 F2D 437McIntyre v. Trickey
- 975 F2D 1225United States v. Sims
- 974 F2D 500Thuyen Hoang Dinh v. Rust International Corp.
- 974 F2D 1344United States v. Lee
- 974 F2D 1344United States v. Yeomans
- 974 F2D 1339Shorter v. United States
- 974 F2D 1333United States v. James M. Ruffin
- 974 F2D 1333United States v. Ruth Ann Norton
- 974 F2D 1332United States of America v. Gayle
- 974 F2D 1332United States America v. Houmani
- 974 F2D 1329Trundy v. Strumsky
- 973 F2D 1354United States v. Saunders
- 973 F2D 1320Supporters To Oppose Pollution, Inc. v. Heritage Group
- 972 F2D 590United States v. White
- 972 F2D 401Domegan v. Ponte
- 972 F2D 344United States America v. Young
- 972 F2D 343United States v. Thomas D. McAusland the Washington Post American Society of Newspaper Editors the Newsletter Publishers Association, Incorporated the Radio-Television News Directors Association the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press American Civil Liberties Union the Newspaper Guild the Electronic Industries Association Washington Legal Foundation, Amici Curiae. United States of America v. Christopher M. Pafort, the Washington Post American Society of Newspaper Editors the Newsletter Publishers Association, Incorporated the Radio-Television News Directors Association the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press American Civil Liberties Union the Newspaper Guild the Electronic Industries Association Washington Legal Foundation, Amici Curiae
- 972 F2D 343United States v. Paul Alexander Simmons
- 972 F2D 341McCray v. State
- 972 F2D 286Hunt v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- 972 F2D 1345United States v. Issam K. Kaadi
- 972 F2D 1343United States v. Bender
- 972 F2D 1341Olin v. Ylst
- 971 F2D 717United States v. Fortenberry
- 970 F2D 907United States v. Johnson
- 970 F2D 295Livingston Rebuild Center, Inc. v. Railroad Retirement Board
- 970 F2D 1472United States v. Driscoll
- 969 F2D 877Wyoming ex rel. Sullivan v. Lujan
- 968 F2D 92Muina v. Christopher Heritage Foundation Cbs Abc & Nbc
- 968 F2D 722Grant County Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Resolution Trust Corp.
- 968 F2D 433United States v. Greer
- 968 F2D 200Morgan v. United States
- 968 F2D 1503United States v. Hershkowitz
- 968 F2D 146United States v. Ogando
- 968 F2D 1438Town of Norfolk v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
- 968 F2D 13Freemer v. Co Mac T, Reckert Equipment Sales, Inc.
- 968 F2D 1226Rexford Murphy and Debbie Fields Murphy, Parents and Next Friends of Christopher Carl Murphy v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
- 968 F2D 1220Heavin v. W Sullivan Md
- 968 F2D 1216United States v. Robert Brown