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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

784 F2D 1265Texas Power & Light Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
784 F2D 1200Stoddard v. Western Carolina Regional Sewer Authority
783 F2D 29National Labor Relations Board v. Cooper Union for Advancement of Science & Art
782 F2D 346Peoples' Democratic Republic v. Goodpasture, Inc.
782 F2D 17Rastelli v. Warden
782 F2D 1202Doe v. Duling
782 F2D 1064Eze v. Yellow Cab Co.
781 F2D 159In Re Castlerock Properties, Debtor. Piombo Corporation, a California Corporation v. Castlerock Properties, a California Limited Partnership
781 F2D 1166United States v. Hook
780 F2D 856Worthen v. Kennecott Corp.
779 F2D 1439Gallon v. Levin Metals Corp.
779 F2D 1417United States v. Leidendeker
779 F2D 1187Thernes v. City of Lakeside Park
778 F2D 823California Ass'n of Physically Handicapped, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
778 F2D 553Martinez v. Winner
777 F2D 508Emo v. United States
776 F2D 802Packerland Packing Co. v. Griffith Brokerage Co.
776 F2D 594Good Samaritan Medical Center v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
776 F2D 157Prudential Insurance v. Sipula
775 F2D 535Eavenson, Auchmuty & Greenwald v. Holtzman
775 F2D 527Royster v. Fauver
775 F2D 366Clark-Cowlitz Joint Operating Agency v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
775 F2D 1479United States v. Hampton
774 F2D 927Anderson v. Aurotek
774 F2D 279Rimmel v. Mercantile Trust Co. National Ass'n
774 F2D 196McGinnis v. Local Union 710, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
773 F2D 742Bronston v. Rees
773 F2D 610Smith v. Transworld Drilling Co.
773 F2D 362Alabama Power Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
772 F2D 750Borden, Inc. v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.
772 F2D 640American Mining Congress v. Thomas
772 F2D 617American Mining Congress v. Thomas
772 F2D 5Adamowicz v. Town of Ipswich
772 F2D 223Dolores v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
772 F2D 157Smith v. Trans-World Drilling Co.
772 F2D 1150Harman v. Levin
772 F2D 1060Galda v. Rutgers
772 F2D 1043Sierra Club v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
771 F2D 605Wildman v. Lerner Stores Corp.
771 F2D 424Martinez v. Winner
771 F2D 154National Credit Union Administration v. Michigan National Bank
771 F2D 1485United States v. Caldwell
771 F2D 1219United States v. Miller
770 F2D 609Policy v. Powell Pressed Steel Co.
770 F2D 1144Wisconsin Gas Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
770 F2D 141Federal Deposit Insurance v. Petersen
769 F2D 700Ancata v. Prison Health Services, Inc.
768 F2D 642Wolff v. Wolff
768 F2D 1351Christopher v. Continental Nat'l
767 F2D 429City of Bismarck v. Toltz, King, Duvall, Anderson & Associates, Inc.