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
- 169 F3D 775Western Coal Traffic League v. Surface Transportation Board
- 169 F3D 1088O'Bannon v. Union Pacific Railroad
- 168 F3D 943United States v. Powers
- 168 F3D 916United States v. Wilson
- 168 F3D 893Amelkin v. McClure
- 168 F3D 515Sundor Brands, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 168 F3D 1354SL Communications, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 167 F3D 913Perez v. United States
- 167 F3D 895United States v. Landerman
- 167 F3D 439Midwestern Machinery, Inc. v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
- 167 F3D 432Consolidated Electrical & Mechanicals, Inc. v. Biggs General Contracting, Inc.
- 167 F3D 1074Hafford v. Seidner
- 166 F3D 887King v. Preferred Technical Group
- 166 F3D 772Alcatel USA, Inc. v. DGI Technologies, Inc.
- 166 F3D 667United States v. Dickerson
- 166 F3D 6Lennon v. Rubin
- 166 F3D 349United States v. L Marshall
- 166 F3D 349United States v. Damon Joe Nelson
- 166 F3D 348Mulhausen v. Klinger
- 166 F3D 348United States v. Godwin Nonyelum Chinagorom
- 166 F3D 348United States v. Jose A. Carreon-Ortega
- 166 F3D 347Gortemiller v. Ward
- 166 F3D 163Buehl v. Vaughn
- 166 F3D 1360United States v. Richardson
- 166 F3D 1223United States v. Timothy K. Woodard
- 166 F3D 1220Bivens v. Hargett
- 165 F3D 960Beverly Enterprises-Massachusetts, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 165 F3D 965Fresno Mobile Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 165 F3D 33United States of America v. M Duguay
- 165 F3D 32Irby v. De Tella
- 165 F3D 209Fotta v. Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America, Health & Retirement Fund of 1974
- 165 F3D 1212Mole v. Buckhorn Rubber Products, Inc.
- 164 F3D 936Humphries v. Various Federal Usins Employees
- 164 F3D 621Christopher Casal v. Robert Lund
- 164 F3D 130United States v. Rivera
- 164 F3D 123Woodward Governor Co. v. Curtiss-Wright Flight Systems, Inc.
- 164 F3D 105English v. Artuz
- 163 F3D 430Walters v. Edgar
- 163 F3D 21Debab v. Immigration & Naturalization Services
- 163 F3D 1205Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. v. Skeen
- 162 F3D 840United States v. Burns
- 162 F3D 732United States v. Lynch