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
- 340 F3D 130Critchlow v. First Unum Life Insurance Co. of America
- 34 F3D 985Gardner v. United States
- 34 F3D 551United States v. Humphrey
- 34 F3D 1489United States v. Benitez
- 34 F3D 130Pro-Choice Network v. Schenck
- 34 F3D 1067United States v. Chokwuemeka Nwaorisa Anyaehie, A/K/A Emeka
- 34 F3D 1067United States v. Anyaehie
- 34 F3D 1067United States v. Gregory Payne, United States of America v. Albrane Bruce
- 34 F3D 1066William Christopher Brown v. Maryland Parole Commission Paul A. Davis
- 339 F3D 933Broudo v. Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- 339 F3D 359Jones v. Alcoa, Inc.
- 339 F3D 348Pace v. Bogalusa City School Board
- 339 F3D 1205Smith v. Cochran
- 339 F3D 1066United States v. Arenas-Ortiz
- 338 F3D 801Hawkins v. Aid Ass'n for Lutherans
- 338 F3D 765Franciski v. University of Chicago Hospitals
- 338 F3D 747Trompler, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 338 F3D 1095Jacobus v. Alaska
- 337 F3D 50Khalil v. Ashcroft
- 336 F3D 920United States v. Davis
- 336 F3D 606Venturelli v. ARC Community Services, Inc.
- 336 F3D 620Armstrong v. Bertrand
- 336 F3D 446Camden Iron & Metal, Inc. v. Krafsur
- 336 F3D 154Shabazz v. Artuz
- 336 F3D 1278Raie v. Cheminova, Inc.
- 336 F3D 1194Dubbs ex rel. Dubbs v. Head Start, Inc.
- 335 F3D 52Canada Life Assurance Co. v. Converium Rückversicherung (Deutschland) AG
- 335 F3D 1207Bryan v. Mullin
- 335 F3D 1079Community Hospitals of Central California v. National Labor Relations Board
- 334 F3D 231Kayembe v. Ashcroft
- 333 F3D 786United States v. Synowiec
- 333 F3D 498United States v. Khorozian
- 333 F3D 345Local Union No. 38, Sheet Metal Workers' International Ass'n v. Custom Air Systems, Inc.
- 333 F3D 228Roeder v. Islamic Republic of Iran
- 333 F3D 1354Haselrig v. United States
- 333 F3D 1247Price v. Humana Insurance
- 333 F3D 1168United States v. Hernandez