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
- 2 F3D 335Montiel v. City of Los Angeles
- 2 F3D 183Frymire-Brinati v. KPMG Peat Marwick
- 2 F3D 1452United States v. Harris
- 2 F3D 1150Christopher R. Van De Velde v. Elmer F. Justice Remle, Incorporated Justice Realty, Incorporated, Christopher R. Van De Velde v. Elmer F. Justice Remle, Incorporated Justice Realty, Incorporated
- 199 F3D 50D.H.L. Associates, Inc. v. O'Gorman
- 199 F3D 468Lakeshore Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 198 F3D 890PanAmSat Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 198 F3D 752Bowles v. Reade
- 198 F3D 515Smith ex rel. Estate of Smith v. Commissioner
- 198 F3D 1358Florida Power & Light Co. v. United States
- 197 F3D 1116Kellogg v. Schreiber
- 196 F3D 458Latino Officers Ass'n, New York, Inc. v. City of New York
- 194 F3D 1367Augustine Medical, Inc. v. Progressive Dynamics, Inc.
- 193 F3D 185Samaroo v. Samaroo
- 193 F3D 1185Dunn v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n
- 192 F3D 88718 Arch Street Associates, Ltd. v. Blatstein
- 192 F3D 337Lane Capital Management, Inc. v. Lane Capital Management., Inc.
- 190 F3D 310Christopher Village, Ltd. Partnership v. Retsinas
- 19 F3D 415United States v. Love
- 19 F3D 29Eugene Tagala v. Lloyd F. Hames, Commissioner, State Division of Corrections
- 19 F3D 188United States v. Burian
- 19 F3D 1440Margot Stevens Morrow Douglas Morrow v. City of Glendale
- 19 F3D 1430Todd v. McMillan
- 19 F3D 1428Clark v. Graul
- 19 F3D 12Christopher E. Smith v. U.S. Sprint Susanne Keating Lilian Grant
- 19 F3D 11Christopher Lane Lewis v. Jon P. Galley Joseph Curran, Attorney General for the State of Maryland