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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
- 799 F2D 567Hart v. Bowen
- 799 F2D 495United States v. Wilmer
- 798 F2D 532Lamphere v. Brown University
- 797 F2D 297Kennedy v. City of Cleveland
- 797 F2D 1530Johnson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp.
- 797 F2D 1270Falwell v. Flynt
- 796 F2D 742Shankle v. U.S.A.
- 796 F2D 724United States v. Fortna
- 796 F2D 36Wilson v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
- 796 F2D 1479Public Citizen Health Research Group v. Tyson
- 796 F2D 1112United States v. Michaels
- 796 F2D 1039United States v. Mansion House Center Redevelopment Co.
- 795 F2D 238Abraham v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
- 795 F2D 1544Fiorillo v. U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons
- 795 F2D 1187Continental Casualty Co. v. Burton
- 794 F2D 710Eli Lilly & Co. v. Home Insurance
- 794 F2D 236Yousif v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 794 F2D 1132United States v. Robinson
- 794 F2D 1030Shaffer v. Williams
- 793 F2D 465United States v. Estes
- 793 F2D 270Spears v. Federal Deposit Insurance
- 792 F2D 74Davis v. A & J Electronics
- 792 F2D 356United Services Automobile Ass'n v. Muir
- 791 F2D 577United States v. Brown
- 791 F2D 52Ridenour v. Lawson Co.
- 791 F2D 1403Sierra Ass'n for Environment v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- 791 F2D 1334Lafarge Conseils et Etudes v. Kaiser Cement & Gypsum Corp.
- 791 F2D 1310United States v. Buishas
- 790 F2D 874Eaton Corp. v. Appliance Valves Corp.
- 790 F2D 678Harris v. Missouri Conservation Commission
- 790 F2D 35National Mediation Board v. Continental Airlines Corp.
- 790 F2D 1290United States v. Gray
- 790 F2D 1153Alamo Heights Independent School District v. State Board of Education
- 789 F2D 859Kilgo v. Bowman Transportation, Inc.
- 788 F2D 468Myers v. Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance
- 788 F2D 1433United States v. O'Block
- 788 F2D 1186Hansen v. White Motor Corp.
- 787 F2D 910Garvin v. Alumax of South Carolina, Inc.
- 787 F2D 776Edward Campbell v. State of Maine
- 787 F2D 439Thompkins v. Stuttgart School District #22
- 787 F2D 1376General Signal Corp. v. Donallco, Inc.
- 787 F2D 1022United States v. Bavers
- 786 F2D 817Federal Enterprises, Inc. v. Greyhound Leasing & Financial Corp.
- 786 F2D 398Datascope Corp. v. Kontron Inc.
- 786 F2D 3In re Grand Jury Proceedings
- 786 F2D 1440United States v. Doyle
- 786 F2D 1410United States v. Benny
- 785 F2D 51Cipriano v. Board of Education
- 784 F2D 628Levence John Matte v. Zapata Offshore Company, Defendants/third Party v. Timco, Inc., Third Party
- 784 F2D 1453Greenawalt v. Ricketts