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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
- 955 F2D 712United States v. Six Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred & Fifty-Eight Dollars
- 955 F2D 583Oliver v. Resolution Trust Corp.
- 955 F2D 457Barnett Pontiac-Datsun, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
- 955 F2D 171United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers
- 955 F2D 1054Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. County of Kent
- 954 F2D 801United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- 954 F2D 1279In re Oil Spill by the Amoco Cadiz off the Coast of France on March 16, 1978
- 954 F2D 1147McCarthney v. Busey
- 953 F2D 936Hebert v. Exxon Corp.
- 953 F2D 160Alexander v. Mayor of Cheverly
- 953 F2D 1312United States v. Andrews
- 952 F2D 879Meliezer v. Resolution Trust Co.
- 952 F2D 396Roush v. Roush
- 951 F2D 771Tomczyk v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield United of Wisconsin
- 951 F2D 287Clemens v. Kansas
- 951 F2D 246Dant & Russell, Inc. v. Burlington Northern Railroad
- 950 F2D 94United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers
- 950 F2D 50United States v. Dietz
- 950 F2D 1348United States v. Pacione
- 950 F2D 1209Christopher v. Mobil Oil Corp.
- 949 F2D 826Hardy v. Gulf Oil Corp.
- 949 F2D 513Mushero v. Ives
- 949 F2D 42Cortec Industries, Inc. v. Sum Holding L.P.
- 949 F2D 253Appeal of Little Rock School District
- 948 F2D 98United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America
- 948 F2D 210United States v. Osborne
- 948 F2D 1338United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America
- 948 F2D 1193Longstreth v. City of Tulsa
- 947 F2D 986Alegria I, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 947 F2D 787Diebold v. United States
- 947 F2D 21Doucette v. Ives
- 947 F2D 1498Washington Hospital Center National Rehabilitation Hospital v. Collier
- 947 F2D 1135North Carolina v. Cisneros
- 946 F2D 974Pessotti v. Eagle Manufacturing Co.
- 946 F2D 455Gutierrez v. Diana Investments Corp.
- 945 F2D 853Federal Deposit Insurance v. Claycomb
- 944 F2D 109Marino v. New York Telephone Co.
- 943 F2D 576Two "R" Drilling Co. v. Rogers
- 943 F2D 1020Greenawalt v. Ricketts
- 941 F2D 780Doe v. Attorney General of the United States
- 941 F2D 1339Navistar International Transportation Corp. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
- 941 F2D 1292United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers
- 941 F2D 1202Lawless v. Waugh
- 941 F2D 1202Melnyczenko v. Warden
- 940 F2D 614Simmons v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
- 940 F2D 486United States v. Musacchio
- 939 F2D 509United States v. Hayes
- 939 F2D 480Boulay v. Impell Corp.
- 939 F2D 341Fabe v. United States Department of the Treasury
- 939 F2D 337United States v. Cochran