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
- 309 F3D 274United States v. Baptiste
- 309 F3D 103Rhagi v. Artuz
- 308 F3D 710Decatur County Commissioners v. Surface Transportation Board
- 308 F3D 48Heinrich ex rel. Heinrich v. Sweet
- 308 F3D 229United States v. Dixon
- 308 F3D 198North Jersey Media Group, Inc. v. Ashcroft
- 307 F3D 117Okereke v. United States
- 306 F3D 1108Association of American Railroads v. Surface Transportation Board
- 305 F3D 802Bear v. Kautzky
- 305 F3D 314McClendon v. City of Columbia
- 304 F3D 810Seiner v. Drenon
- 304 F3D 1088United States v. Tinoco
- 303 F3D 647Guillory v. Cain
- 303 F3D 496Adkins v. Labor Ready, Inc.
- 303 F3D 411Mendez v. Artuz
- 302 F3D 799Lewis & Ellis, Inc. v. General American Life Insurance
- 302 F3D 608Miami University Wrestling Club v. Miami University
- 302 F3D 367Weigel v. Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee
- 301 F3D 1288United States v. Drayton
- 301 F3D 135United States v. Cicirello
- 301 F3D 109M.B. v. Quarantillo
- 300 F3D 88Thompson v. Irwin Home Equity Corp.
- 300 F3D 679Hill v. Anderson
- 300 F3D 588Soffar v. Cockrell
- 300 F3D 368In re Federal-Mogul Global, Inc.
- 300 F3D 1381Christos v. United States
- 300 F3D 1361Campa v. United States
- 300 F3D 21Patten v. Wal-Mart Stores East, Inc.
- 30 F3D 692Michigan Laborers' Health Care Fund v. Grimaldi Concrete, Inc.
- 30 F3D 613United States v. Davis
- 30 F3D 264Abdullah v. ACandS, Inc.
- 30 F3D 1407United States v. Perez
- 30 F3D 134Laura Jean Richards v. United States
- 30 F3D 130Billy R. Miller v. Pulaski County Sheriff's Department Ralph Dobbins Dixon Williams, Dr.
- 30 F3D 130Henry L. Mixon, Sr. v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services
- 30 F3D 129Quinten L. Jackson v. Davis R. Ruark Sampson G. Vincent Patrick Tilghman R. Hunter Nelms Christopher Welch