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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
- 902 F2D 1566United States v. Fores
- 902 F2D 1564William Christopher Brown v. Terrie C. Chavis, Warden, Maryland House of Corrections Attorney General of the State of Maryland
- 902 F2D 1559Brown v. Ellis
- 902 F2D 1009Tasby v. F Spaniol W US
- 901 F2D 83United States v. Jackson
- 901 F2D 735Pacific Reliant Industries, Inc. v. Amerika Samoa Bank
- 901 F2D 252United States v. Schatzle
- 901 F2D 1259Air Line Pilots Ass'n, International v. Continental Airlines, Inc.
- 900 F2D 936Cowan v. University of Louisville School of Medicine
- 900 F2D 551National Advertising Co. v. Town of Babylon
- 900 F2D 360Securities Industries Ass'n v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- 900 F2D 259Theresa A. Caito v. Lake County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
- 900 F2D 257United States v. Simms
- 900 F2D 253Christopher Mooring v. Newport News City Jail Medical Staff Deputy Sheriff's Department
- 900 F2D 252J. Christopher Henderson v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America
- 900 F2D 250Brown v. Packard
- 900 F2D 1392Sheet Metal Workers International Ass'n Local No. 162 v. Jason Manufacturing, Inc.
- 899 F2D 496Pachla v. Saunders System, Inc.
- 899 F2D 304M.A. [ AXXXXXXXX ] v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 899 F2D 169United States v. Patrick
- 899 F2D 1575Imperial Tobacco Ltd. v. Philip Morris, Inc.
- 899 F2D 15United States v. Raymond K. Evans
- 899 F2D 14Kitley v. Supreme Court of U.S.
- 898 F2D 1554United States v. Lucas
- 898 F2D 148United States v. Robert L. MacK United States of America v. Mid Atlantic Carbonics, Incorporated, United States of America v. Paul L. Smith
- 898 F2D 147Spinelli, Kehiayan-Berkman, S.A. v. Imas-Gruner, A.I.A. & Associates
- 898 F2D 1218United States v. Pace
- 897 F2D 639United States v. Reiter
- 897 F2D 63United States v. Scarpa
- 897 F2D 659United States v. Premises & Real Property at 4492 South Livonia Road
- 897 F2D 1336Douglass v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
- 897 F2D 1238National Labor Relations Board v. Washington Heights-West Harlem-Inwood Mental Health Council, Inc.
- 896 F2D 848Miltier v. Beorn
- 896 F2D 548United States v. Brian Augustus Pugh
- 896 F2D 170MCG, Inc. v. Great Western Energy Corp.
- 896 F2D 1368United States v. Mark Anthony Thompson
- 895 F2D 176United States v. Von Spivey
- 895 F2D 1415United States v. James Alfred Goodman
- 894 F2D 501United States v. Ruiz
- 894 F2D 401Alkire v. Allegany County Commissioners a
- 894 F2D 1020Herring v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.