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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

968 F2D 1213United States America v. Rendelman
968 F2D 12Buckley v. McGraw-Hill, Inc.
967 F2D 81United States v. Grant
967 F2D 1563Davis v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
967 F2D 1460United States v. Gennuso
967 F2D 1298Hoeft v. Tucson Unified School District
966 F2D 701Binder v. District Of Columbia Binder
966 F2D 67McHugh v. University of Vermont
966 F2D 398United States v. Evans
966 F2D 1500United States v. Brooks
966 F2D 1456Jones v. Tr Kindt
966 F2D 1454United States v. Hayhow
966 F2D 1454United States v. David A. Bryant and William W. Ackison
966 F2D 1444United States America v. Burrios
966 F2D 1443Pfoltzer v. Fairfax County Dept. of Human Development
966 F2D 1442Sanford A. Harris Alan M. Grochal, General Equity Receivers of the Assets of Atlantic Bargain Center, Incorporated v. Patrick Roberto, and John C. Leone Jackson Taunton Dismas Community Treatment Center Christopher Gervasi Alfred Forman Quantity Wholesaler and Liquidators, Incorporated, a Dissolved Corporation Classic Beauty Supplies, Incorporated
966 F2D 1441Aetna Casualty and Surety Company v. Barboursville American Legion Post Incorporated a
966 F2D 1338Clark v. Valley Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n
966 F2D 125Imperiale v. Hahnemann University
966 F2D 1011Salley v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.
965 F2D 587Klett v. Pim
965 F2D 54Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance, Inc. v. Griggs
965 F2D 34Allied Elevator, Inc. v. East Texas State Bank of Buna
965 F2D 1321Corcoran v. United Healthcare, Inc.
964 F2D 980Jackson ex rel. Jackson v. Fort Stanton Hospital
964 F2D 751United States v. Leeper
964 F2D 454United States v. Mitchell
964 F2D 172United States v. Salerno
963 F2D 488El Dia, Inc. v. Hernandez Colon
963 F2D 382Mann v. Norton
963 F2D 379Rhodes v. Continental Conveyors
963 F2D 376Sebastian v. Southwestern Motor Transport, Inc.
963 F2D 367Gibson v. Webb
963 F2D 1160Pruitt Usar v. Cheney Pw W US
961 F2D 951Coflexip & Services, Inc. v. United States
961 F2D 895Longstreth v. Maynard
961 F2D 667Chicago Professional Sports Ltd. Partnership v. National Basketball Ass'n
961 F2D 211Harford v. Martin Aca
961 F2D 1577Florio v. Skorepa
961 F2D 1569United States v. Porter
961 F2D 1421United States v. Humphries
961 F2D 1351United States v. Condelee
960 F2D 953United States v. Ucciferri