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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
- 186 F2D 236W. E. Hedger Transp. Corp. v. Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc.
- 183 F2D 803Commissioner v. Walsh
- 183 F2D 447Smucker v. Nassau County
- 180 F2D 850C. F. Harms Co. v. Erie R.
- 180 F2D 560Nassau Barge Corp. v. Dalzell
- 180 F2D 169Atlantic Greyhound Corp. v. Kroggel
- 178 F2D 72Cleary Bros. v. The Dauntless
- 239 F2D 532Jack Benny v. Loew's Incorporated, a Corporation, and Patrick Hamilton, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., and American Tobacco Company v. Loew's Incorporated, a Corporation, and Patrick Hamilton
- 238 F2D 803National Cooperative Refinery Ass'n v. Northern Ordnance, Inc.
- 238 F2D 174D. W. Dawkins v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Ashley Milk Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- 235 F2D 741Bisso v. Waterways Transportation Co.
- 231 F2D 668Schwimmer v. Hulen
- 231 F2D 595Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n v. Hayden
- 230 F2D 690United States v. Union Pacific Railroad
- 229 F2D 698Marchessault v. National Grange Mutual Liability Co.
- 229 F2D 148Globe Construction Co. v. Humphrey
- 228 F2D 623Pontin Lighterage Company, Libelant-Appellant v. American Export Lines, Inc.
- 226 F2D 855Norfolk, Baltimore and Carolina Line, Inc., Claimant-Respondent v. Yachts, Inc., as Owner of the Yacht Sunset
- 223 F2D 26Wieland v. C. A. Swanson & Sons
- 219 F2D 946Magidson v. Duggan
- 219 F2D 729Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Federal Power Commission
- 218 F2D 911Diesel Tanker A. C. Dodge, Inc. v. J. M. Carras, Inc.
- 217 F2D 533Charles R. Williams v. Geno H. Franzoni
- 217 F2D 325Nelse Mortensen & Co. v. Treadwell
- 214 F2D 855Brownell v. Bank of America Nat. Trust & Savings Ass'n
- 214 F2D 618Ahlgren v. Red Star Towing & Transp. Co.
- 213 F2D 882North River Barge Line v. Chile S. S. Co.
- 213 F2D 453Tanker Hygrade No. 24, Inc. v. The Dynamic
- 212 F2D 458Dolezilek v. Commissioner
- 211 F2D 777Walker v. Loop Fish & Oyster Co.
- 210 F2D 917Imperial Production Corp. v. City of Sweetwater
- 208 F2D 39United States ex rel. Leslie v. Potomac Electric Power Co.
- 207 F2D 626P. Dougherty Co. v. United States
- 206 F2D 752Allied Wheel Products, Inc. v. Rude
- 206 F2D 431Landa v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Astin
- 205 F2D 623Martin v. McAllister Lighterage Line, Inc.
- 204 F2D 512Bronx Towing Line, Inc., Libellant-Appellant v. Continental Insurance Company
- 200 F2D 542National Labor Relations Board v. Kanmak Mills, Inc.
- 197 F2D 788Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc. v. Standard Oil Co.
- 193 F2D 741Seregos v. C. W. Good, Inc.
- 544 US 622Deck v. Missouri
- 543 US 893Christopher v. Transit Insurance Group
- 543 US 405Illinois v. Caballes
- 542 US 600Missouri v. Seibert
- 541 US 77Iowa v. Tovar
- 540 US 56Virginia v. Maryland
- 540 US 366Maryland v. Pringle
- 539 US 306Grutter v. Bollinger
- 537 US 488United States v. Navajo Nation