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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
- 593 F2D 605Gaspard v. Diamond M. Drilling Co.
- 593 F2D 20United States v. Hitchmon
- 593 F2D 1314Consumer Product Safety Commission v. Anaconda Co.
- 592 F2D 351Nemkov v. O'Hare Chicago Corp.
- 591 F2D 1273Sharon v. Commissioner
- 591 F2D 1209National Labor Relations Board v. Ajax Magnethermic Corp.
- 590 F2D 1062Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ v. Federal Communications Commission
- 589 F2D 924Christopher v. U. S. Bd. of Parole
- 589 F2D 647Hawaiian Telephone Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 588 F2D 373United States v. Twigg
- 587 F2D 924United States v. Frank
- 587 F2D 151Stonehocker v. General Motors Corp.
- 585 F2D 223Bratton v. Shiffrin
- 584 F2D 1058Potomac Electric Power Co. v. United States
- 584 F2D 106Nichols v. Southern Life Insurance
- 583 F2D 33United Paperworkers International Union v. T. P. Property Corp.
- 578 F2D 59Bethlehem Mines Corp. v. Warmus
- 578 F2D 29Division 580, Amalgamated Transit Union v. Central New York Regional Transportation Authority
- 577 F2D 745United States v. Christopher
- 577 F2D 529San Francisco Electrical Contractors Ass'n v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- 577 F2D 322Dr. H. W. Berry v. James M. Cooper
- 577 F2D 1038United States v. Fruehauf Corp.
- 576 F2D 582Van Den Broeke v. Bellanca Aircraft Corp.
- 575 F2D 329In re J. M. Wells, Inc.
- 574 F2D 926Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. United States
- 574 F2D 639The Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Educational Telecasting Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission and the United States of America, Public Broadcasting Service, Intervenor. Public Broadcasting Service v. Federal Communications Commission and the United States of America, the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Educational Telecasting Corporation, Intervenor
- 573 F2D 765Brookhaven Cable TV, Inc. v. Kelly
- 573 F2D 609House v. Mine Safety Appliances Co.
- 573 F2D 543Emerson Electric Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 572 F2D 518Christopher W. Ross, Individually and D/B/A 4r Ornamental Iron Company v. Imperial Construction Company, Inc. And Imperial Group, Ltd.
- 572 F2D 1219Johnson v. Alexander
- 571 F2D 912Drachenberg v. Canal Barge Co.
- 571 F2D 820Jerry R. Plocher v. S & H Services, Inc., S & H Services, Inc., Third-Party v. Commercial Union Insurance Company, Third-Party
- 571 F2D 337Weber v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.
- 571 F2D 1310D. C. Federation of Civic Associations v. Adams
- 571 F2D 1025Midwest Video Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Intervenors. American Civil Liberties Union v. Federal Communications Commission and United States of America, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Intervenors
- 571 F2D 1004Jackson County v. Jones
- 570 F2D 1092Suggs v. LaVallee
- 569 F2D 124Sherrill v. Knight
- 568 F2D 1369Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Costle
- 567 F2D 593Dravo Corp. v. Gregory Winston Banks
- 567 F2D 1174Ames v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
- 565 F2D 871Southern Natural Gas Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- 564 F2D 236Denton v. Mr. Swiss of Missouri, Inc.
- 564 F2D 157Gambino ex rel. Kinney v. Fairfax County School Board
- 563 F2D 627United States ex rel. Wright v. Cuyler
- 563 F2D 216Weber v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.
- 562 F2D 701Mazaleski v. Treusdell
- 562 F2D 1257United States v. Christopher
- 561 F2D 8United States v. Smith