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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

381 F3D 438United States ex rel. Barron v. Deloitte & Touche, L.L.P.
381 F3D 194Shore Regional High School Board of Education v. P. S. ex rel. P.S.
381 F3D 1064Givens v. Alabama Department of Corrections
381 F3D 1059Penn v. City of Montgomery
380 F3D 849Fluorine on Call, Ltd. v. Fluorogas Ltd.
380 F3D 680Hemphill v. New York
380 F3D 558United States v. Hoyts Cinemas Corp.
380 F3D 279Snyder v. Nolen
380 F3D 391United States v. Walker
380 F3D 1154Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster Ltd.
38 F3D 909Dale S. Rice v. Nova Biomedical Corporation and Robert Christopher
38 F3D 776Hook v. Morrison Milling Co.
38 F3D 572Christopher v. United States
38 F3D 16Keller v. United States
38 F3D 1456Smith v. World Insurance
38 F3D 1317United States v. Quintero
379 F3D 979Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation v. Richards
379 F3D 131General Universal Systems, Inc. v. Lee
378 F3D 71United States v. Cianci
378 F3D 246Critchlow v. First UNUM Life Insurance Co. of America
378 F3D 204Commercial Union Insurance v. Lines
378 F3D 1346El-Shifa Pharmaceutical Industries Co. v. United States
378 F3D 1201O'Rourke v. Hayes
377 F3D 949Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District, No. 1
377 F3D 464United States v. Pineiro
377 F3D 402Mitrano v. Hawes
377 F3D 145United States ex rel. Lissack v. Sakura Global Capital Markets, Inc.
377 F3D 1258Hughes v. Attorney General
376 F3D 323Gates v. Cook
376 F3D 245Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Brown
376 F3D 1339Glaxo Group Ltd. v. Apotex, Inc.
376 F3D 1160United States v. Riley
376 F3D 1027Lockhart v. United States
375 F3D 508United States v. Booker
375 F3D 231Akey v. Clinton County
375 F3D 108United States v. Adams
374 F3D 785Lounsbury v. Thompson
373 F3D 998Hangarter v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance
373 F3D 83Overton v. New York State Division of Military & Naval Affairs
373 F3D 480Ponnapula v. Ashcroft
373 F3D 219Largess v. Supreme Judicial Court for the Massachusetts
373 F3D 1355National Home Equity Mortgage Ass'n v. Office of Thrift Supervision
373 F3D 1199Massachusetts v. Microsoft Corp.
372 F3D 903Carbajal v. H & R Block Tax Services, Inc.
372 F3D 75United States v. Khimchiachvili
372 F3D 543United States v. Rutland
372 F3D 517Justofin v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
372 F3D 339Waste Management, Inc. v. Residuos Industriales Multiquim, S.A. de C.V.
372 F3D 1308Doe v. United States
371 F3D 944Heller Financial, Inc. v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America