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
- 283 F3D 446United States v. Reyes
- 283 F3D 138Johnson v. Elk Lake School District
- 283 F3D 1079Fischer v. Vantive Corp.
- 282 F3D 664United States v. Sanchez-Cervantes
- 282 F3D 103Friedman v. UBS AG
- 281 F3D 726Pamida, Inc. v. E.S. Originals, Inc.
- 281 F3D 661Green v. Benden
- 281 F3D 645United States v. Bissonette
- 281 F3D 55Morales v. Artuz
- 281 F3D 372Becker v. Mack Trucks, Inc.
- 281 F3D 477Smith v. Texaco, Inc.
- 281 F3D 168United States v. Daniels
- 281 F3D 165United States v. Urias-Escobar
- 280 F3D 811United States v. Hirsch
- 280 F3D 371Donahue v. Gavin
- 280 F3D 1027Fox Television Stations, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 28 F3D 6Ruotolo v. Internal Revenue Service
- 28 F3D 1487United States v. Johnson
- 28 F3D 1211United States v. Bernard Duplessis
- 28 F3D 1210Jerome Lofton v. John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary of the Army
- 28 F3D 1209Hayes v. Evatt
- 28 F3D 1209Robert S. Hamady v. Trammell Crow Asset Company, A/K/A Trammell Crow Company
- 28 F3D 109United States v. Arthur Lucero
- 28 F3D 108Serzow v. Meleney
- 28 F3D 107Partington Mm v. Norris
- 28 F3D 105Christopher P. Fosses v. Ed L. Gates, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution
- 279 F3D 83United States v. Hawkins
- 279 F3D 731United States v. Hill
- 279 F3D 669Circle K Corp. v. Houlihan, Lokey, Howard & Zukin, Inc.
- 279 F3D 1004Hoop v. Hoop
- 278 F3D 971Harper v. United States Seafoods LP
- 278 F3D 537Duncan v. Cain
- 278 F3D 510United States v. Avants
- 278 F3D 333Johnson v. City of Aiken