City
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
- 846 F2D 77In Re Christopher Van Michaels
- 99 F3D 78Kowsh v. Board of Elections of New York
- 99 F3D 108Matteson v. Ryder System Inc.
- 98 F3D 808United States of v. Wells
- 98 F3D 447Duffy v. Riveland
- 98 F3D 341United States v. Pollington
- 98 F3D 1335Lutalo v. Walker
- 98 F3D 131United States v. National Financial Services, Inc.
- 97 F3D 921Lopardo v. Fleming Companies
- 97 F3D 185Thurman v. Gramley
- 97 F3D 1435Avon Products, Inc. v. United States
- 96 F3D 760Home Capital Collateral, Inc. v. Federal Deposit Insurance
- 96 F3D 653United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- 96 F3D 465Turner v. Small Business Administration
- 96 F3D 380Crawford v. Lungren
- 96 F3D 228Leahy v. City of Chicago
- 96 F3D 1453United States v. Banks
- 96 F3D 1432Christopher Grungo v. United States
- 96 F3D 1430James v. Welch
- 94 F3D 923Allen v. Lloyd's of London
- 94 F3D 896United States v. Bullock
- 94 F3D 270JPM, Inc. v. John Deere Industrial Equipment Co.
- 94 F3D 1489Redwing Carriers, Inc. v. Saraland Apartments
- 94 F3D 1294Goehring v. Brophy
- 93 F3D 957Time Warner Entertainment Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 93 F3D 289United States v. Holmes
- 93 F3D 243Helwig v. Kelsey-Hayes Co.
- 92 F3D 97United States v. Hernandez-Santiago
- 92 F3D 681Von Eye v. United States
- 92 F3D 612United States v. O'Hagan
- 92 F3D 560Bombard v. Fort Wayne Newspapers, Inc.
- 92 F3D 320Felch v. Transportes Lar-Mex Sa De CV
- 92 F3D 157United States v. Conley
- 92 F3D 1425Sprague v. General Motors Corp.
- 92 F3D 1140Childree v. UAP/GA AG CHEM, Inc.
- 92 F3D 101United States v. Sage
- 92 F3D 1D'Aprile v. Fleet Services Corp.
- 91 F3D 416Massieu v. Reno
- 91 F3D 305United States v. Sisti
- 91 F3D 689Flour Bluff Independent School District v. Katherine M. ex rel. Lesa T.
- 91 F3D 130Fordham v. Nowell
- 91 F3D 127United States v. Shirazmahmad Kapadia
- 91 F3D 1036Katz v. Household International, Inc.
- 91 F3D 1TPM Holdings, Inc. v. Intra-Gold Industries, Inc.
- 90 F3D 393Northern Mariana Islands v. Sablan
- 90 F3D 367Lovell v. Poway Unified School District
- 90 F3D 180Hoosier Bancorp of Indiana, Inc. v. Rasmussen
- 90 F3D 1523Trierweiler v. Croxton & Trench Holding Corp.
- 90 F3D 1200Montgomery v. Meloy
- 89 F3D 766MCA Television Ltd. v. Feltner