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
- 406 F3D 689American Library Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission
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- 405 F3D 638Nese v. Julian Nordic Construction Co.
- 405 F3D 373Moon v. Unum Provident Corp.
- 405 F3D 318Nixon v. Epps
- 405 F3D 1293United States v. Day
- 405 F3D 115Vives v. City of New York
- 404 F3D 48Aroostook Band of Micmacs v. Ryan
- 404 F3D 1118Diaz-Ramos v. Gonzales
- 403 F3D 953Tellez v. Barnhart
- 403 F3D 891United States v. Della Rose
- 403 F3D 849United States v. Schlifer
- 403 F3D 817United States v. Jones
- 403 F3D 1328SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. Apotex Corp.
- 402 F3D 826Scheeler v. City of St. Cloud
- 402 F3D 700ATC Distribution Group, Inc. v. Whatever It Takes Transmissions & Parts, Inc.
- 402 F3D 342Murphy v. New Milford Zoning Commission
- 401 F3D 647Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films
- 401 F3D 602C&E Land Co. v. Air Products LP
- 401 F3D 489American Library Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission
- 401 F3D 1129Handa v. Clark
- 400 F3D 388Phillips v. Cohen
- 400 F3D 238Arsement v. Spinnaker Exploration Co.
- 400 F3D 1Southeastern Federal Power Customers, Inc. v. Harvey
- 40 F3D 850United States v. James
- 40 F3D 735United States v. Gonzales
- 40 F3D 450Alabama Power Co. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
- 40 F3D 426Communications Workers v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
- 40 F3D 112Vieux Carre Property Owners Residents & Associations v. Brown
- 4 F3D 970Birch & Davis International, Inc. v. Christopher
- 4 F3D 1378Frank v. D'Ambrosi
- 4 F3D 1200United States v. Conley
- 399 F3D 705Rush v. Illinois Central Railroad
- 399 F3D 462Empresa Cubana Del Tabaco v. Culbro Corp.
- 399 F3D 150Hubbard v. Taylor
- 399 F3D 197United States v. Pelullo
- 399 F3D 1010Yahoo! Inc. v. La Ligue Contre Le Racisme Et L'Antisemitisme
- 398 F3D 995Schmitt v. FMA Alliance
- 398 F3D 981United States v. Sdoulam
- 398 F3D 1267Tobin v. Michigan Mutual Insurance
- 397 F3D 733Securities & Exchange Commission v. Capital Consultants, LLC
- 396 F3D 588College Loan Corp. v. SLM Corp.
- 396 F3D 366Discover Bank v. Vaden
- 396 F3D 1007Raney v. Barnhart
- 395 F3D 851Ferris, Baker Watts, Inc. v. Ernst & Young, LLP
- 395 F3D 747Estate of Moreland ex rel. Moreland v. Dieter
- 395 F3D 428Manion v. American Airlines, Inc.
- 395 F3D 409Bennett v. Frank
- 395 F3D 25Dabit v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
- 395 F3D 123Auguste v. Ridge