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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

937 F2D 613Ranger Publishing Company Inc v. Kitsap Newspaper Group a Division of Whidbey Press Inc Pw Ah
937 F2D 609United States v. Brown
937 F2D 603United States v. Romeo Deguzman Bilugan
937 F2D 602Carpenter Insulation & Coatings Company v. Statewide Sheet Metal & Roofing, Incorporated, a North Carolina Corporation, Carpenter Insulation & Coatings Company v. Statewide Sheet Metal & Roofing, Incorporated, a North Carolina Corporation
937 F2D 599United States v. Mitchell (Clive Christopher)
936 F2D 870Christopher v. Stouder Memorial Hospital
936 F2D 153United States v. Mikalajunas
936 F2D 136United States v. Ezeiruaku
936 F2D 1304Marin TV Services Partners, Ltd. v. Federal Communications Commission
935 F2D 275People of Territory of Guam v. Ibanez
935 F2D 274Moore v. Armour Pharmaceutical Company Moore
935 F2D 268United States v. Donald Patrick Hooks
935 F2D 268United States v. Walter Eugene Moore
935 F2D 1469Illinois ex rel. Burris v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.
935 F2D 1313Malkan FM Associates v. Federal Communications Commission
935 F2D 1297Shorter v. Reno
935 F2D 1288Jean Claude Vernet v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
935 F2D 1287Oliver Curtis Powell v. West Edgecombe Rescue Squad, Incorporated, W. Wayne Cooke, Elton Abernathy, Sean Brake
935 F2D 1286Mosteller v. Dimartino
934 F2D 320United States v. Alice Biggs Williams
934 F2D 318Brown v. Scarborough
934 F2D 1080United States v. Lato
933 F2D 353United States v. Jones
933 F2D 1285Christopher M. ex rel. La Veta McA. v. Corpus Christi Independent School District
933 F2D 1012Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension v. Jansen
933 F2D 1010Walton v. Michigan Dept. of Corrections
933 F2D 1002United States v. Hodge
933 F2D 1001Commedo v. Jones
932 F2D 967Daniel M. Christopher v. Norris W. McMackin Supt.
932 F2D 963Johnathan Lee v. Gulmatico V W Cd a W Ce Ov S Wj R H Johnathan Lee X
932 F2D 51Gilbert v. City of Cambridge
932 F2D 1437Monroe v. Thigpen
932 F2D 244United States v. Santos
932 F2D 1337United States v. Loranza Verne Powell
932 F2D 1343United States v. Robert Phares Hoy
932 F2D 1160Jeffers v. Heavrin
932 F2D 1064Talbert v. United States
931 F2D 886Jm Voith Gmbh v. Ceres Corporation N/v Nuernberg Atlantic Ag
931 F2D 685United States v. Simmonds
931 F2D 63Martinez v. Kerby
931 F2D 56Mety v. State Farm Fire Casualty
931 F2D 52United States v. MacGregor (Christopher A.)
931 F2D 177United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
931 F2D 1266Complaint of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Mid-America Transportation Co.
931 F2D 1073North American Savings Ass'n v. Metroplex Development Partnership
930 F2D 955Newman v. Burgin
930 F2D 913Raffaele v. Murdoch
930 F2D 6Samore v. Olson