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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

938 F2D 781Reliance Insurance v. Zeigler
938 F2D 50Premium Financing Specialists, Inc. v. International Surplus Lines Insurance
938 F2D 372Gosnell v. Federal Deposit Insurance
938 F2D 1417United States v. One Lot of $25,721.00 in Currency
938 F2D 1386In re Consolidated Land Disposal Regulation Litigation
938 F2D 1299Linemaster Switch Corp. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
937 F2D 780Bank of China v. Chan
937 F2D 408Keeling v. Sheet Metal Workers International Ass'n, Local Union 162
937 F2D 20United States v. Romolo
937 F2D 1287United States v. Richards
936 F2D 921Dresser Industries, Inc. v. Pyrrhus AG
936 F2D 66Citicorp v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
936 F2D 337United States v. Bell
936 F2D 251Brown v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 58
935 F2D 660Miltier v. Downes
935 F2D 1298United States v. Marshall
935 F2D 1114Carland v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
935 F2D 1015Terrell v. Brewer
933 F2D 729Kirkbride v. Continental Casualty Co.
933 F2D 568National Labor Relations Board v. General Steel Erectors, Inc.
933 F2D 187Binder v. Long Island Lighting Co.
933 F2D 1440Union National Bank of Little Rock v. Mosbacher
932 F2D 963Johnathan Lee X v. Bratten
932 F2D 962Vetere v. Trumbull
932 F2D 1020City of New York v. Exxon Corp.
932 F2D 10Harris v. District of Columbia
931 F2D 816T. Harris Young & Associates, Inc. v. Marquette Electronics, Inc.
931 F2D 7Circle Industries, Division of Nastasi-White, Inc. v. City Federal Savings Bank
931 F2D 408Perk v. Reader's Digest Ass'n
931 F2D 1565Gersman v. Group Health Ass'n
931 F2D 1069Weil v. Board of Elementary & Secondary Education
930 F2D 942G.D. v. Westmoreland School District
930 F2D 63United States v. McCrory
930 F2D 536Maciosek v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield
929 F2D 49Crescent Oil & Shipping Services, Ltd. v. Phibro Energy, Inc.
929 F2D 447Allstate Insurance v. Smith
929 F2D 1577Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. United States
928 F2D 519Association of American Medical Colleges v. Cuomo
928 F2D 167Abate v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
927 F2D 756Tilley v. Mead Corporation
927 F2D 187Doe v. Miles Laboratories, Inc.
927 F2D 10Johnson v. Vose
926 F2D 84Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Kelly
926 F2D 42WCVB-TV v. Boston Athletic Ass'n
926 F2D 339First South Production Credit Ass'n v. Farm Credit Administration
926 F2D 1133Massing v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services
925 F2D 993Clarksville-Montgomery County School System v. United States Gypsum Co.
925 F2D 728United States v. Bakker
925 F2D 599Fednav, Ltd. v. Isoramar, S.A.
925 F2D 174Rockwell Graphic Systems, Inc. v. Dev Industries, Inc.