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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

144 F3D 241United States v. Purdy
144 F3D 151Hodgens v. General Dynamics Corp.
144 F3D 1097Employers Insurance of Wausau v. James McHugh Construction Co.
143 F3D 239Lubbock County Hospital District v. National Union Fire Insurance
143 F3D 18United States v. Friedman
143 F3D 157Balasubramanrim v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
143 F3D 1369Rhodes v. Amoco Oil Co.
143 F3D 1191Metro Display Advertising, Inc. v. City of Victorville
143 F3D 1172Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies v. Big Blue Fisheries, Inc.
142 F3D 887Voest-Alpine Trading USA Corp. v. Bank of China
142 F3D 664Meyers v. Gillis
142 F3D 46United States v. Christopher
142 F3D 449Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Ass'n v. Nichols
142 F3D 1379Morris v. Crow
142 F3D 1266Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co. v. CFMT, Inc.
141 F3D 405United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers
141 F3D 1173Acklin v. Lockheed Martin Corporation
141 F3D 1170Prosser v. Weeks
14 F3D 697Vartanian v. Monsanto Co.
139 F3D 641United States v. O'Hagan
139 F3D 311National Labor Relations Board v. Meenan Oil Co.
139 F3D 158Sullivan v. Barnett
139 F3D 1185Transcontinental Insurance v. Edwards
138 F3D 984Thompson v. Drewry
138 F3D 98Silverman v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
138 F3D 869Southern Card & Novelty, Inc. v. Lawson Mardon Label, Inc.
138 F3D 746Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
137 F3D 94Transatlantic Marine Claims Agency, Inc. v. M/V "OOCL Inspiration,"
137 F3D 859Smith v. Isuzu Motors Ltd.
137 F3D 1069Christopher v. Adam's Mark Hotels
136 F3D 265United States v. Nolan
136 F3D 239Annis v. County of Westchester
136 F3D 1338Hadera v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
136 F3D 1146United States v. McClanahan
135 F3D 984Servicios-Expoarma, C.A. v. Industrial Maritime Carriers, Inc.
135 F3D 179Vickers v. Boston Mutual Life Insurance
135 F3D 1257Western Iowa Farms Co. v. First Savings Bank
135 F3D 1158Dawson v. New York Life Insurance
135 F3D 1144Hightshue v. AIG Life Insurance
135 F3D 104United States v. Andrade
134 F3D 427Scott-Harris v. City of Fall River
134 F3D 377Folsom v. Cook
134 F3D 37Stieberger v. Apfel
134 F3D 351Reed v. Baxter
133 F3D 984Todd ex rel. Todd v. Rush County Schools
133 F3D 752Rushton v. American Pacific Wood Products, Inc.
133 F3D 388Sprague v. General Motors Corp.
133 F3D 363American States Insurance v. Bailey
133 F3D 1450King v. Department of Health & Human Services
132 F3D 320United States v. Latouf