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
- 252 F3D 151Dusé v. International Business Machines Corp.
- 251 F3D 932Hood v. Plantation General Medical Center, Ltd.
- 251 F3D 1015Small Business in Telecommunications v. Federal Communications Commission
- 25 F3D 669United States v. Pugh
- 25 F3D 52United States v. Boot
- 25 F3D 461United States v. Mumford
- 25 F3D 194Charlton v. Paramus Board of Education
- 25 F3D 1389United States v. Maxwell
- 25 F3D 1275United States v. Harris
- 25 F3D 1052United States v. David L. Wallace, Darrin Hicks, and Christopher Darren Morgan
- 25 F3D 1042United States v. Matthews
- 25 F3D 1038Alkire v. Gregory
- 25 F3D 1038Commercial Energies, Inc. v. United Airlines, Inc.
- 249 F3D 975Scovis v. Henrichsen
- 249 F3D 987State Bar of California v. Taggart
- 249 F3D 544Maharg, Inc. v. Van Wert Solid Waste Management District
- 249 F3D 1289Devine v. Indian River County School Board
- 249 F3D 1213Kansas v. United States
- 249 F3D 1005Coalition for Noncommercial Media v. Federal Communications Commission
- 248 F3D 275Bragg v. West Virginia Coal Ass'n
- 247 F3D 903Forbes v. Napolitano
- 247 F3D 252Global Naps, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 247 F3D 197Nish v. Cohen
- 246 F3D 690Worldcom, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 245 F3D 849Workman v. Bell