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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

814 F2D 1288Idaho v. Hodel
813 F2D 782Cameron v. City of Pontiac
813 F2D 1106United States v. Merchants National Bank
813 F2D 1030Federal Deposit Insurance v. Lugli
812 F2D 1444Consolidated Rail Corp. v. United States
812 F2D 1344Lee v. Prudential Insurance
812 F2D 1220Bechtel Construction, Inc. v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners
812 F2D 1213H.B. Halicki, D/B/A H.B. Halicki Productions v. United Artists Communications, Inc Mann Theaters Corp. Pacific Theatres Inc. Edwards Theaters, Inc.
812 F2D 1125San Francisco Police Officers' Ass'n v. City & County of San Francisco
812 F2D 1005University of Michigan Hospital v. Bowen
811 F2D 664Orange Park Florida T.V., Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
811 F2D 270Richard Lucas v. United States of America, Richard Lucas, Cross-Appellees v. United States of America, Cross-Appellant
811 F2D 1495Nan Sing Marine Co. v. United States
810 F2D 358Barr v. Abrams
810 F2D 316United States v. Glantz
810 F2D 325St. Luke's Hospital v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
810 F2D 1538United States v. Gonzalez
810 F2D 1021Foster v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County
810 F2D 1001Jones v. Bowen
809 F2D 763Milano v. Bowen
809 F2D 249Gregory v. Drury
809 F2D 1427United States v. Murphy
808 F2D 996Revak v. National Mines Corp.
808 F2D 871John Doe v. Charles W. Gaughan
808 F2D 473Margaret CHESTER for Christopher O. CHESTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee
807 F2D 44In re Japanese Electronic Products Antitrust Litigation
807 F2D 414Lucas v. United States
807 F2D 1416Trailways Lines, Inc. v. Trailways, Inc.
807 F2D 1150Fassett v. Delta Kappa Epsilon
806 F2D 949United States v. Jamieson
806 F2D 848Farmland Industries, Inc. v. Frazier-Parrott Commodities, Inc.
806 F2D 114Grant v. Chicago Truck Drivers, Helpers & Warehouse Workers, Union
805 F2D 410Natural Resources Defense Council v. Thomas
805 F2D 351Tri-State Generation & Transmission Ass'n v. Shoshone River Power, Inc.
805 F2D 1218Ed Udey v. D.C. Kastner, Warden
805 F2D 1035Kimsey v. Kidwell
804 F2D 571United States v. Russell
803 F2D 46Benjamin v. Malcolm
803 F2D 202Guthrie v. J.C. Penney Co.
803 F2D 1281Norris v. Grosvenor Marketing Ltd.
802 F2D 926Rudell v. Comprehensive Accounting Corp.
802 F2D 474State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Dole
801 F2D 602Olivieri v. Ward
801 F2D 570Lewis v. Coughlin
801 F2D 1271Blankenship v. Bowen
800 F2D 90Dawood-Haio v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
800 F2D 756United Black Community Fund, Inc. v. Bond
800 F2D 230Martinez v. Winner
800 F2D 1181Telecommunications Research & Action Center v. Federal Communications Commission
799 F2D 674Sarasota v. Environmental Protection Agency