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
- 291 F3D 447Macias v. Makowski
- 291 F3D 1201United States v. Corona-Sanchez
- 290 F3D 456Nyer v. Winterthur International
- 290 F3D 269United States v. McWaine
- 290 F3D 143Pappas v. Giuliani
- 290 F3D 118Kropelnicki v. Siegel
- 29 F3D 961United States v. Solomon
- 289 F3D 976United States v. Britton
- 289 F3D 801Catalina Marketing International, Inc. v. Coolsavings.com, Inc.
- 289 F3D 71United States v. Gomes
- 289 F3D 226Uspango v. Ashcroft
- 289 F3D 1223Allison v. Bank One-Denver
- 288 F3D 429WorldCom, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 288 F3D 448Oguaju v. United States
- 288 F3D 1126United States v. Murillo
- 288 F3D 1048Johnston v. Luebbers
- 287 F3D 832United States v. Peninsula Communications, Inc.
- 287 F3D 593Cotter v. Ajilon Services, Inc.
- 287 F3D 43Evans v. New York State Public Service Commission
- 287 F3D 267J.O. ex rel. C.O. v. Orange Township Board of Education
- 287 F3D 1011United States v. Saenz-Mendoza
- 286 F3D 934United States v. Corrado
- 286 F3D 696Johnson v. Ashcroft
- 286 F3D 194R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. v. The Wrecked & Abandoned Vessel
- 286 F3D 153In re Grand Jury
- 285 F3D 971Price v. Humana Insurance
- 285 F3D 640Shelton v. ContiGroup Companies, Inc.
- 285 F3D 18Interstate Natural Gas Ass'n of America v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- 285 F3D 126Bienkowski v. Northeastern University
- 284 F3D 642Green v. Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund
- 284 F3D 420Clanton v. United States
- 284 F3D 338United States v. Griffith
- 284 F3D 1323Wolfe v. Jacoway
- 284 F3D 1027Lipton v. Pathogenesis Corp.
- 283 F3D 761Browning v. Levy
- 283 F3D 492Brown v. Artuz
- 283 F3D 471Housing Works, Inc. v. Kerik