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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

286 F3D 814Hotard v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
286 F3D 780Associated International Insurance v. Blythe
286 F3D 687Nextel Partners Inc. v. Kingston Township
286 F3D 661Werwinski v. Ford Motor Co.
286 F3D 613Hallwood Realty Partners, L.P. v. Gotham Partners, L.P.
286 F3D 40142nd Parallel North v. E Street Denim Co.
286 F3D 353Condaire, Inc. v. Allied Piping, Inc.
285 F3D 864Navajo Nation v. Department of Health & Human Services
285 F3D 150Pure Distributors, Inc. v. Baker
284 F3D 930Garza v. United States Bureau of Prisons
284 F3D 895Netland v. Hess & Clark, Inc.
284 F3D 9New England Regional Council of Carpenters v. Kinton
284 F3D 731National Labor Relations Board v. Clinton Electronics Corp.
284 F3D 384Kruman v. Christie's International PLC
284 F3D 1282Turtle Island Restoration Network v. Evans
283 F3D 867Ross Bros. Construction v. International Steel Services, Inc.
283 F3D 76United States v. Schwarz
283 F3D 429Olmsted v. Pruco Life Insurance
282 F3D 23Tamko Roofing Products, Inc. v. Ideal Roofing Co.
282 F3D 1320Sizova v. National Institute of Standards & Technology
282 F3D 1154Hargis v. Foster
282 F3D 112Peterson v. Continental Casualty Co.
281 F3D 613Inge v. Rock Financial Corp.
281 F3D 462Pollard v. High's of Baltimore, Inc.
281 F3D 1258Antonious v. Spalding & Evenflo Companies, Inc.
281 F3D 1004Papa v. United States
28 F3D 76Earth Island Institute v. Brown
28 F3D 498Wilkerson v. Whitley
28 F3D 253United States v. Barth
28 F3D 1501The Good News/Good Sports Club v. School District Of The City Of Ladue
279 F3D 532Garcia v. Kankakee County Housing Authority
279 F3D 518Brooks v. Walls
279 F3D 511United States v. Kibler
279 F3D 1301Spivey v. State Board of Pardons & Paroles
278 F3D 772United States v. Luersen
278 F3D 40County Motors, Inc. v. General Motors Corp.
278 F3D 54Macfarlane v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co.
278 F3D 103Phillips v. Bowen
277 F3D 882Bilow v. Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, P.C.
277 F3D 415City of Philadelphia v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.
277 F3D 138Auburn Housing Authority v. Martinez
277 F3D 1128Barrios v. California Interscholastic Federation
276 F3D 52Frazier v. Fairhaven School Committee
276 F3D 379Longstreet v. Illinois Department of Corrections
276 F3D 301Gawley v. Indiana University
276 F3D 18Hardy v. Loon Mountain Recreation Corp.
275 F3D 965Ralston v. Smith & Nephew Richards, Inc.
275 F3D 146United States v. Soler
275 F3D 131Filiatrault v. Comverse Technology, Inc.
274 F3D 435United States v. Nubuor