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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
- 545 US 119Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.
- 36 F1D 899Royer v. King
- 56 F1D 654World's Columbian Exposition v. United States
- 84 F1D 119Holm v. Atlas Nat. Bank
- 84 F1D 246Blythe v. Hinckley
- 85 F1D 448Bannerman v. Sanford
- 48 F1D 385Colt v. Colt
- 92 F1D 1010In re Central R. R. of New Jersey
- 13 F1D 111Coy v. Perkins
- 78 F1D 173United States v. The Three Friends
- 73 F1D 342Manegold v. The E. A. Shores
- 55 F1D 876Adee v. J. L. Mott Iron Works
- 59 F1D 120Merrow v. Shoemaker
- 80 F1D 859City Nat. Bank of Quanah v. Chemical Nat. Bank of St. Louis
- 84 F1D 257Front Street Cable Ry. Co. v. Drake
- 68 F1D 515Illinois Steel Co. v. Putnam
- 36 F1D 773Roberts v. The Egyptian Monarch
- 50 F1D 496New York, L. E. & W. Ry. Co. v. Bennett
- 67 F1D 802Hatch v. Bancroft-Thompson Co.
- 73 F1D 128Smith v. Naphtaly
- 66 F1D 633Laredo Imp. Co. v. Stevenson
- 71 F1D 496Marston v. United States
- 36 F1D 242In re Thomas
- 52 F1D 1Freeman v. Clay
- 36 F1D 500Rickard v. The James Farrell
- 86 F1D 917National Folding-Box & Paper Co. v. Elsas
- 52 F1D 10Richmond v. Atwood
- 68 F1D 677Gray v. Quicksilver Min. Co.
- 93 F1D 60Pennsylvania Co. for Insurance on Lives & for Granting Annuities v. Jacksonville, T. & K. W. Ry. Co.
- 11 F1D 887Mallory Manuf'g Co. v. Marks
- 8 F1D 905Shirley v. Sanderson
- 36 F1D 166Sorenson v. Northern Pac. R.
- 16 F1D 897Claflin v. Lisso
- 29 F1D 72Au v. New York, L. E. & W. R. Co.
- 4 F1D 48Lindsey v. Lambert Building & Loan Ass'n
- 26 F1D 528Hartford Machine Screw Co. v. Reynolds
- 36 F1D 229Frelinghuysen v. Nugent
- 8 F1D 172The Steam-Ship Oder
- 67 F1D 833Garner v. Second Nat. Bank of Providence
- 26 F1D 522Railway Register Manuf'g Co. v. Broadway & Seventh Ave. R.
- 59 F1D 129Lewis v. Pennsylvania Steel Co.
- 95 F1D 87National Bank of Oshkosh v. Hunger
- 36 F1D 501Clyde v. Steam Transp. Co.
- 66 F1D 631Baylor v. Scottish-American Mortg. Co.
- 58 F1D 616Minor v. Wilson
- 82 F1D 227Clune v. Madden
- 25 F1D 562Wessels v. The Aline