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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

960 F2D 893Stone v. Agnos
960 F2D 51United States v. Harry
960 F2D 180Rochester Pure Waters District v. Environmental Protection Agency
960 F2D 1448Snyder v. Sumner
960 F2D 143Town v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
959 F2D 54United States v. Kincaid
959 F2D 236United States v. Bentley
959 F2D 231Medina Corporation v. City of Charleston
959 F2D 231Hibbard Brown Company Incorporated v. Abc Family Trust
959 F2D 230Street v. Cameron
959 F2D 206United States v. Brokemond
959 F2D 188Cable News Network, Inc. v. Video Monitoring Services of America, Inc.
958 F2D 955Hunter v. Aispuro
958 F2D 416Roosevelt v. E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co.
958 F2D 382Lamprecht v. Federal Communications Commission
958 F2D 370Wood v. United States of America
958 F2D 369United States v. Cruz
958 F2D 368Moore v. Spell
958 F2D 1463Ackley v. Western Conference of Teamsters
958 F2D 1192B.F. Goodrich Co. v. Murtha
957 F2D 912United States v. Christopher Baptiste, A/K/A Franklin Baptiste
957 F2D 890Sullivan Industries v. National Labor Relations Board
957 F2D 162United States v. Daniel
956 F2D 279United States v. Morgan
956 F2D 209United States v. Chukwubike
956 F2D 1523Clemmons v. Bohannon
956 F2D 142Baskin v. Clark
956 F2D 124United States v. Day
956 F2D 1163United States v. Davis Memorial Hospital
956 F2D 1162Bunch v. W Sullivan Md
956 F2D 1027United States v. LaSpesa
955 F2D 770United States v. Manning
955 F2D 688United States v. Church
955 F2D 547United States v. Wilson
955 F2D 498United States v. Quarles
955 F2D 43United States v. Vincent Thomas Owens
955 F2D 41Dathonaya Orthnel Henry v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
955 F2D 1563Hall v. Holder
955 F2D 1268Class Plaintiffs v. City of Seattle