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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

924 F2D 857United States v. Richey
924 F2D 794Rellergert v. Cape Girardeau County
924 F2D 753United States v. Stephenson
923 F2D 96Buckley v. Control Data Corp.
923 F2D 380Stena Rederi AB v. Comision de Contratos del Comite Ejecutivo General del Sindicato Revolucionario de Trabajadores Petroleros de la Republica Mexicana, S.C.
923 F2D 279New York Life Insurance v. Johnson
922 F2D 895Bezanson v. Bayside Enterprises, Inc.
922 F2D 833Rogalski v. Pennsylvania State University
922 F2D 792Becton Dickinson & Co. v. C.R. Bard, Inc.
922 F2D 498Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. City of Los Angeles
922 F2D 109Ludovicy v. Dunkirk Radiator Corp.
921 F2D 645National Labor Relations Board v. District 23, United Mine Workers
921 F2D 1371Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District No. 1
920 F2D 535Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. Bouza
920 F2D 262Justin Industries, Inc. v. Choctaw Securities, L.P.
919 F2D 881United States v. Garcia
919 F2D 61United States v. Marren
919 F2D 335Union Federal Bank v. Minyard
919 F2D 3New York Typographical Union No. 6 v. Printers League Section of the Ass'n of the Graphic Arts
919 F2D 1189Monks v. General Electric Co.
919 F2D 1148National Truck Equipment Ass'n v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
919 F2D 1010Ramage v. Alabama Insurance Guaranty Ass'n
918 F2D 524Federal Deposit Insurance v. Blanton
916 F2D 919Fraternal Order of Police v. Mayor of Ocean City
916 F2D 1486Colorado v. Idarado Mining Co.
915 F2D 386LaNave v. Minnesota Supreme Court
915 F2D 193Freeman v. Laventhol & Horwath
915 F2D 294United States v. Caudill
915 F2D 1276Valenzuela-Gonzalez v. United States District Court for the District of Arizona
914 F2D 285National Cable Television Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission
914 F2D 1054United States v. Simpkins
913 F2D 993United States v. Scarpa
913 F2D 487Federal Deposit Insurance v. Kasal
913 F2D 1092Clozza v. Murray
912 F2D 598United States v. Nichols
912 F2D 104American Town Center v. Hall 83 Associates
911 F2D 354Giannini v. Real
911 F2D 1405Sierra Club v. Yeutter
911 F2D 1053First National Bank of Commerce v. Monco Agency Inc.
910 F2D 598United States v. Telink, Inc.
910 F2D 296Mylett v. Jeane
910 F2D 1084United States v. Pungitore
909 F2D 306Federal Deposit Insurance v. Virginia Crossings Partnership
909 F2D 196United States v. Gaddy
909 F2D 1557Varhol v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
908 F2D 1520United States v. Jefferies
908 F2D 1312United States v. Marshall
908 F2D 1108Doherty v. U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration & Naturalization Service
907 F2D 332United States v. Cervone
907 F2D 1295County of Suffolk v. Long Island Lighting Co.