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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

102 F3D 174Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
102 F3D 1236Zevalkink v. Brown
102 F3D 1173Bernard Schoninger Shopping Centers, Ltd. v. J.P.S. Elastomerics, Corp.
101 F3D 695Marks v. Supreme Court of Virginia
101 F3D 332Penn Advertising of Baltimore, Inc. v. Mayor of Baltimore
101 F3D 287Briones v. Runyon
101 F3D 1371Mayfield v. Patterson Pump Co.
100 F3D 253Allen v. Cuomo
100 F3D 1281Bultemeyer v. Fort Wayne Community Schools
10 F3D 812Alliance for Community Media v. Federal Communications Commission
10 F3D 405United States v. Allen
10 F3D 292Barrow v. New Orleans Steamship Ass'n
1 F3D 56Dow v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America
1 F3D 222Wolsky v. Medical College
1 F3D 1546United States v. Drogoul
999 F2D 818United States v. Alford
999 F2D 47United States v. Kaba
999 F2D 1399Ward v. Gordon
999 F2D 1150United States v. Brown
999 F2D 127Teague Independent School District v. Todd L. ex rel. L.
999 F2D 1101Calderon v. Witvoet
998 F2D 551Bell v. Federal Deposit Insurance
998 F2D 335Lowe v. Southmark Corp.
998 F2D 249United States v. Sowels
998 F2D 1101United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
997 F2D 925Texas Utilities Electric Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
997 F2D 494Buckley v. Barlow
997 F2D 1213United States v. White
996 F2D 47Redcliffe Americas Ltd. v. M/V Tyson Lykes
996 F2D 237Clark v. Security Pacific Business Credit, Inc.
996 F2D 186United States v. Oseni
996 F2D 1490Lippay v. Christos
996 F2D 1425Ivy v. Diamond Shamrock Chemicals Co.
996 F2D 1351New York State National Organization for Women v. Terry
996 F2D 136Leahy v. Trans Jones, Inc.
995 F2D 858Duckworth v. Ford
995 F2D 735Center Video Industrial Co. v. United Media, Inc.
995 F2D 662United States v. Smith
995 F2D 510Comite de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agricolas v. United States Department of Labor
995 F2D 457Wiley ex rel. Wiley v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
995 F2D 1147Spence v. Maryland Casualty Co.
995 F2D 1030Georgia Power Co. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 84
994 F2D 989Pro-Choice Network of Western New York v. Walker
994 F2D 709Forest Conservation Council v. Devlin
994 F2D 223Federal Deposit Insurance v. Fuller
993 F2D 888City of Mesa v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
993 F2D 558Landgraf v. McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co.
993 F2D 442United States v. El-Zoubi
993 F2D 1378McKinney v. Rees
993 F2D 1257Young In Hong v. Children's Memorial Hospital