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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- 436 F3D 147Beechwood Restorative Care Center v. Leeds
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- 434 F3D 614United States v. Al-Ame
- 434 F3D 1306Campbell v. Rainbow City
- 433 F3D 913Tanner v. Jupiter Realty Corp.
- 433 F3D 846Bradley v. National Ass'n of Securities Dealers Dispute Resolution
- 433 F3D 204Farbotko v. Clinton County
- 433 F3D 1199Yahoo! Inc. v. La Ligue Contre Le Racisme et L'Antisemitisme
- 432 F3D 849Lee v. Rheem Manufacturing Co.
- 432 F3D 754United States v. Lister
- 432 F3D 706United States v. Sperberg
- 432 F3D 655Brainard v. American Skandia Life Assurance Corp.
- 432 F3D 1346Jaggernauth v. U.S. Attorney General
- 431 F3D 765Taurus Holdings, Inc. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
- 431 F3D 221Hawthorne Land Co. v. Occidental Chemical Corp.
- 430 F3D 606United States v. Estrada
- 430 F3D 383United States v. Johnson
- 430 F3D 140Estate of Smith v. Marasco
- 430 F3D 1177United States v. Simpson
- 43 F3D 941Hickey v. Digital Equipment Corp.
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- 43 F3D 211Wilson v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
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- 43 F3D 1431Haitian Refugee Center, Inc. v. Christopher
- 429 F3D 969United States v. Wallace
- 429 F3D 775A & L Laboratories, Inc. v. Bou-Matic LLC
- 429 F3D 757Murray v. American Family Mutual Insurance
- 429 F3D 603United States v. Henry
- 429 F3D 533Estate of Smith v. Commissioner
- 429 F3D 1364Pfizer, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
- 429 F3D 1224United States v. W.R. Grace & Co.
- 428 F3D 452Marshall v. Cathel
- 427 F3D 958MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc.
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- 427 F3D 471United States v. Julian
- 427 F3D 197Gilles v. Davis
- 426 F3D 56Madera v. Marsh USA, Inc.
- 426 F3D 187O'Connor v. Pierson
- 426 F3D 172KLC, Inc. v. Trayner
- 426 F3D 491Federal Insurance v. Raytheon Co.
- 425 F3D 386Harris v. Warden
- 424 F3D 992United States v. Smith
- 424 F3D 743McGrann v. First Albany Corp.
- 424 F3D 437United States ex rel. Wilson v. Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District
- 424 F3D 278Bank Julius Baer & Co. v. Waxfield Ltd.
- 424 F3D 285Gronowski v. Spencer
- 422 F3D 840Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. National Education Ass'n
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- 422 F3D 174National Audubon Society v. Department of the Navy
- 422 F3D 1353Network Commerce, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.