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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

946 F2D 127United States v. Benjamine Rodriguez
945 F2D 825United States v. Lokey
945 F2D 441Cookish v. Powell
945 F2D 399Glenda M. White v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services
945 F2D 398United States v. A Burress
945 F2D 221Jaliwala v. United States
944 F2D 959United States v. Rojo-Alvarez
944 F2D 911St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co. v. Dallarosa
944 F2D 910United States v. David Hensch
944 F2D 910United States v. R Wagner
944 F2D 903United States v. Juan Antonio Quezada
943 F2D 996American Ass'n of Retired Persons v. Farmers Group, Inc.
943 F2D 912Miner v. Bi-State Development Agency
943 F2D 786Van Leer Containers, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
943 F2D 53United States v. Harris
943 F2D 521Gerding v. Republic of France
943 F2D 52Ronald E. Starks v. Norris W. McMackin
943 F2D 49Akim Adeniyi Salami v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
943 F2D 48Brendan-Marie Brandon v. John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary, Department of the Army, United States of America
943 F2D 48Elmo Greer Sons Incorporated v. Green Construction Company
943 F2D 1543United States v. Kramer
943 F2D 1246United States v. Brown
942 F2D 793Pacific Marine Insurance Company v. Walter E. Clark, and Christopher Fulton, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant
941 F2D 133United States v. Hernandez
941 F2D 1214Northampton Media Associates v. Federal Communications Commission
941 F2D 1210Slone v. United States M
941 F2D 1210United States v. Dixon
941 F2D 1210United States v. Brown
941 F2D 1208United States v. John Robert Rankins
940 F2D 669Shesler v. Glover P
940 F2D 665Dick v. Sawyer
940 F2D 1533Campen v. Hubert
940 F2D 1471Cable News Network, Inc. v. Video Monitoring Services of America, Inc.
939 F2D 975American Iron & Steel Institute v. Occupational Safety & Health Administration
939 F2D 659United States v. House
939 F2D 213Slattery v. Rizzo
939 F2D 1076United States v. Greer
938 F2D 834United States v. Woodall
938 F2D 187Myers v. Harper
938 F2D 1343United States v. Pryce
938 F2D 107United States v. Copley