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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
- 906 F2D 658Parkes v. Hall
- 906 F2D 650Zaklama v. Mount Sinai Medical Center
- 906 F2D 315Carlson v. Bear, Stearns & Co.
- 905 F2D 580United States v. Colon
- 905 F2D 471Alegria I, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 905 F2D 1040Renovitch v. Kaufman
- 905 F2D 1077Mestayer v. Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance
- 904 F2D 83Sandstrom v. Chemlawn Corp.
- 904 F2D 1058Ohio v. U.S. Department of Energy
- 903 F2D 812Jonsson v. Stanley Works
- 903 F2D 445Wabash Valley Power Ass'n v. Rural Electrification Administration
- 902 F2D 943In re Eli Lilly & Co.
- 902 F2D 1208Turner v. Allstate Insurance
- 901 F2D 7Ivy v. Diamond Shamrock Chemicals Co.
- 900 F2D 250Colonna's Shipyard, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board United Industrial Workers--Seafarers International Union of North America
- 900 F2D 250Chichester v. Houck
- 900 F2D 1363Larson v. Dumke
- 899 F2D 521Heitmanis v. Austin
- 899 F2D 40Hilton Hotels Corp. v. Banov
- 899 F2D 119National Metal Finishing Co. v. Barclaysamerican/Commercial, Inc.
- 898 F2D 659United States v. Foote
- 898 F2D 430United States v. Bledsoe
- 898 F2D 203United States v. Allen
- 897 F2D 883Connecticut National Mortgage Co. v. Brandstatter
- 897 F2D 1549Blinder, Robinson & Co. v. United States
- 897 F2D 1463Kerr Center Parents Ass'n v. Charles
- 897 F2D 1075United States v. Pena
- 896 F2D 1288United States v. Funt
- 895 F2D 791Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- 894 F2D 708United States v. Gardner
- 894 F2D 1233Federal Deposit Insurance v. Bachman
- 892 F2D 851Brown v. Board of Education
- 892 F2D 549Sluder v. United Mine Workers
- 892 F2D 469Terrell v. Albaugh
- 891 F2D 872Glumb v. Honsted
- 890 F2D 1255Federal Aviation Administration v. Gull Air, Inc.
- 889 F2D 644Wynn v. Eriksson
- 889 F2D 571Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District v. Johnson & Cravens, 13911, Inc.
- 889 F2D 401New York v. Sullivan
- 889 F2D 1548Hayden v. Commissioner
- 889 F2D 13Dartmouth Review v. Dartmouth College
- 889 F2D 1237Dardaganis v. Grace Capital Inc.
- 888 F2D 777United States v. Alexander
- 888 F2D 1165United States v. Mazzanti
- 888 F2D 1047McQuiddy v. United States Department of Health & Human Services
- 888 F2D 101United States v. Peart
- 887 F2D 1357Ministry of Defense of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Gould Inc.
- 886 F2D 998United States v. Lee
- 886 F2D 871International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Johnson Controls, Inc.
- 886 F2D 451In re Boston Shipyard Corp.