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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
- 204 F3D 541United States v. Jones
- 204 F3D 311Freeman v. Burlington Broadcasters, Inc.
- 204 F3D 243Schoenbohm v. Federal Communications Commission
- 204 F3D 413Connecticut v. United States Department of Commerce
- 204 F3D 124Meindl v. Genesys Pacific Technologies, Inc.
- 203 F3D 955United States v. A.R.
- 203 F3D 259United States v. Lipford
- 203 F3D 1176United States v. Osborn
- 202 F3D 97Malik v. Carrier Corp.
- 202 F3D 89Chartier v. Marlin Mgmt., LLC
- 202 F3D 730Goodson v. City of Corpus Christi
- 202 F3D 664United States v. McGlory
- 201 F3D 910King v. One Unknown Federal Correctional Officer
- 201 F3D 718Walsh v. United Parcel Service
- 201 F3D 1367International Business Machines Corp. v. United States
- 201 F3D 1264RT Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 201 F3D 1090Healy Tibbitts Builders, Inc. v. Cabral
- 200 F3D 855Proffitt v. Federal Deposit Insurance
- 200 F3D 1140Petrovic v. Amoco Oil Co.
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- 20 F3D 623Phillips v. Frey
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- 20 F3D 1350Walton ex rel. Walton v. Alexander
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- 2 F3D 1551United States v. Beasley
- 2 F3D 1071United States v. Self
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- 199 F3D 672United States v. Zwick
- 199 F3D 527Damsky v. Federal Communications Commission
- 198 F3D 921Virgin Islands Telephone Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 198 F3D 798United States v. Keifer
- 198 F3D 793United States v. Moore
- 198 F3D 1363Marquip, Inc. v. Fosber America, Inc.
- 197 F3D 663At&t Communications of Virginia, Incorporated, and MCI Telecommunications Corporation, a Delaware Corporation McImetro Access Transmission Services of Virginia, Incorporated, a Virginia Corporation v. Bell Atlantic-Virginia, Incorporated Hullihen Williams Moore, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission I. Clinton Miller, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission Theodore v. Morrison, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission State Corporation Commission, Commonwealth of Virginia, and Richard Cullen, Attorney General of Virginia, Intervenor-Defendant, and Federal Communications Commission, Party in Interest. MCI Telecommunications Corporation, a Delaware Corporation McImetro Access Transmission Services of Virginia, Incorporated, a Virginia Corporation, and At&t Communications of Virginia, Incorporated, Intervenor-Plaintiff v. Bell Atlantic-Virginia, Incorporated Hullihen Williams Moore, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission I. Clinton Miller, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission Theodore v. Morrison, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission State Corporation Commission, Commonwealth of Virginia, and Richard Cullen, Attorney General of Virginia, Intervenor-Defendant, and Federal Communications Commission, Party in Interest. MCI Telecommunications Corporation, a Delaware Corporation McImetro Access Transmission Services of Virginia, Incorporated, a Virginia Corporation At&t Communications of Virginia, Incorporated v. Bell Atlantic-Virginia, Incorporated, and Hullihen Williams Moore, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission I. Clinton Miller, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission Theodore v. Morrison, Jr., in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission State Corporation Commission, Commonwealth of Virginia, and Richard Cullen, Attorney General of Virginia, Intervenor-Defendant, and Federal Communications Commission, Party in Interest
- 197 F3D 512Mountain Solutions, Ltd. v. Federal Communications Commission
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- 196 F3D 377Marmolejo v. United States
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- 193 F3D 581Tenenbaum v. Williams
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- 191 F3D 88United States v. Tubol