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
- 214 F3D 483Gibbs v. Babbitt
- 214 F3D 187Contemporary Media, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 214 F3D 132Philip Morris Inc. v. National Asbestos Workers Medical Fund
- 214 F3D 301Chubb & Son, Inc. v. Asiana Airlines
- 213 F3D 947Machacek v. Hofbauer
- 213 F3D 454Dunleavy v. Nadler
- 212 F3D 332Medical Billing, Inc. v. Medical Management Sciences, Inc.
- 211 F3D 618Trinity Broadcasting of Florida, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 211 F3D 1359HIH Marine Services, Inc. v. Fraser
- 210 F3D 420Arford v. Miller
- 21 F3D 635United States v. Time
- 21 F3D 427Dabbs v. Bolin
- 21 F3D 420Stow v. Warden, NHSP
- 21 F3D 1431United States v. Armstrong
- 21 F3D 13Bibbins v. Dalsheim
- 21 F3D 1123Wilson v. Gunter
- 21 F3D 1122United States v. Osemwenkhae
- 21 F3D 1122United States v. Cody
- 21 F3D 1122Clark v. Ok Foods Inc
- 21 F3D 1116Christopher David Star v. Clifford T. Jensen, Portland Police Department Debra Dew, Clackamas Federal Credit Union Clackamas Federal Credit Union
- 21 F3D 11United States v. Schmick
- 21 F3D 1026United States v. Undetermined Number of Unlabeled Cases
- 209 F3D 760MCI Worldcom, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 208 F3D 989Union Oil Co. of California v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
- 208 F3D 832Washington v. Cambra