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
- 348 F3D 487Avondale Industries, Inc. v. Davis
- 348 F3D 147United States v. Gill
- 347 F3D 72Nesbit v. Gears Unlimited, Inc.
- 347 F3D 589International Transactions, Ltd. v. Embotelladora Agral Regiomontana, SA de CV
- 347 F3D 550Renda v. King
- 347 F3D 541Newell v. Commissioner of Social Security
- 347 F3D 404Chery v. Ashcroft
- 347 F3D 343Perry v. New England Business Service, Inc.
- 347 F3D 327United States v. Capozzi
- 346 F3D 930United States v. Beasley
- 346 F3D 476United States v. Wills
- 346 F3D 434Miah v. Ashcroft
- 346 F3D 285United States v. Pimentel
- 346 F3D 273Jensen v. Weeks Marine, Inc.
- 346 F3D 135United States v. Gordon
- 345 F3D 986Brooks v. Ameren UE
- 344 F3D 959Hotel & Motel Ass'n v. City of Oakland
- 344 F3D 809Anderson v. Barnhart
- 344 F3D 324United States v. Hakim
- 343 F3D 895Tockes v. Air-Land Transport Services, Inc.
- 343 F3D 533Scanlan v. Texas A&M University
- 343 F3D 212Williams v. Morton
- 343 F3D 1198Democratic Party of Washington State v. Reed
- 343 F3D 1116United States v. Si
- 342 F3D 924Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation v. Bonneville Power Administration
- 342 F3D 774Williams v. Seniff
- 342 F3D 569Palasota v. Haggar Clothing Co.
- 342 F3D 296United States v. Rodriguez
- 342 F3D 1080Laub v. United States Department of the Interior
- 341 F3D 273United States v. Irizarry
- 340 F3D 573Velásquez v. Ashcroft
- 340 F3D 386Fazio v. Lehman Brothers, Inc.
- 340 F3D 238Goldstein v. MCI WorldCom