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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
- 561 F2D 524National Labor Relations Board v. Annapolis Emergency Hospital Ass'n
- 560 F2D 609Walker v. Pierce
- 559 F2D 946Dobbs v. Costle
- 559 F2D 894Michael Meyers, Individually and as Representative of a Class v. Pennypack Woods Home Ownership Association and Marion A. Steinbronn
- 559 F2D 1135Marian Christopher v. The State of Iowa
- 556 F2D 822United States Steel Corp. v. Train
- 555 F2D 985CBS Television Network Affiliates Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission
- 555 F2D 778National Aviation Underwriters, Inc. v. Altus Flying Service, Inc.
- 555 F2D 1046Pasadena Broadcasting Company v. Federal Communications Commission, Western Broadcasting Corporation and Voice in Pasadena, Inc., Intervenors. Goodson-Todman Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Western Broadcasting Corporation and Voice in Pasadena, Inc., Intervenors. Charles W. Jobbins v. Federal Communications Commission, Western Broadcasting Corporation and Voice in Pasadena, Inc., Intervenors. Voice in Pasadena, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Western Broadcasting Corporation, Intervenor. Pacific Fine Music, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Western Broadcasting Corporation and Voice in Pasadena, Inc., Intervenors. Orange Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Western Broadcasting Corporation, Intervenor
- 554 F2D 996National Labor Relations Board v. Montgomery Ward & Co.
- 554 F2D 638Reynolds v. Abbeville County School District No. 60
- 554 F2D 1118National Ass'n of Broadcasters v. Federal Communications Commission
- 552 F2D 735United States v. Donovan
- 551 F2D 1329Secretary of Agriculture of the United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America, Western Railroads, Intervenors
- 550 F2D 726Meyer v. Frank
- 550 F2D 495John Lenore & Company, Model Distributing Company, John P. Lenore and Robert E. Livingston v. Olympia Brewing Company
- 550 F2D 443Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation v. Washington
- 550 F2D 1058United States v. Carr
- 549 F2D 963Cormier v. Rowan Drilling Co.
- 548 F2D 67United States Steel Corp. v. United Mine Workers of America
- 548 F2D 47Arroyo v. Schaefer
- 548 F2D 1347United States v. Hodge & Zweig
- 547 F2D 863United States v. Ellis
- 547 F2D 826Southern Natural Gas Company v. Federal Power Commission, Consolidated Gas Supply Corporation v. Federal Power Commission, Laclede Gas Company v. Federal Power Commission, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation v. Federal Power Commission
- 546 F2D 515Ballenilla-Gonzalez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 546 F2D 496United States v. Christopher
- 545 F2D 32United States v. Warden
- 543 F2D 530Southern Natural Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission
- 543 F2D 1113Fenner v. Continental Diving Service, Inc.
- 541 F2D 1275United States v. Casper
- 541 F2D 1064Castle v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 539 F2D 1233United States v. O'Donnell
- 537 F2D 571Evans v. Lynn
- 537 F2D 120United States v. Morrow
- 535 F2D 508United States v. Y. Hata & Company, Limited, a Corporation, United States of America v. Minoru Hata
- 533 F2D 1025Interstate Commerce Commission v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.
- 533 F2D 1030Royal Typewriter Company, a Division of Litton Business Systems, Inc., a Subsidiary of Litton Industries, Inc., and Litton Business Systems, Inc., a Subsidiary of Litton Industries, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, Allied Industrial Workers of America, Local 469, Affiliated With International Union, Allied Industrial Workers of America, Afl-Cio, Intervenor. Allied Industrial Workers of America, Local 469, Affiliated With International Union, Allied Industrial Workers of America, Afl-Cio v. National Labor Relations Board, Litton Industries, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, Allied Industrial Workers of America, Local 469, Affiliated With International Union, Allied Industrial Workers of America, Afl-Cio, Intervenor
- 532 F2D 773United States v. Chadwick
- 532 F2D 107914 Fair empl.prac.cas. 347, 11 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,797 Martin M. Martini v. Republic Steel Corporation
- 531 F2D 1261Williams v. Ezell
- 531 F2D 1243Christopher J. Foster, Inc. v. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and Whitman, Requardt& Associates, Christopher J. Foster, Inc. v. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, and Whitman, Requardt& Associates
- 529 F2D 51Linkenhoker v. Weinberger
- 525 F2D 1103Natick Paperboard Corp. v. Weinberger
- 523 F2D 981United States v. Anthony J. Demma, United States of America v. Henry Brulay
- 520 F2D 1176Consolidated Gas Supply Corp. v. Federal Power Commission
- 519 F2D 715Ball v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
- 517 F2D 398Slade v. Shearson, Hammill & Co.
- 517 F2D 1182Koppers Company, Inc., and Universal Corrugated Box MacHinery Corporation v. S&s Corrugated Paper MacHinery Co., Inc.
- 516 F2D 986Thompson v. Garrison
- 516 F2D 1101National Broadcasting Company, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission and the United States of America, Accuracy in Media, Inc., Intervenor