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
- 104 F3D 357United States v. Jesus Eduardo Pino-Lara
- 104 F3D 356Orient Shipping Roterdam B v. V. Hugo Neu & Sons, Inc.
- 104 F3D 356Corliss Thomas v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
- 104 F3D 354Reese v. United States
- 104 F3D 354United States of America v. Collins
- 104 F3D 352Meehan v. East Lyme Bd. of Educ.
- 104 F3D 351United States v. Grado
- 104 F3D 349Norde v. Ward
- 104 F3D 349United States v. Louis Salerno
- 104 F3D 348United States v. Sia
- 104 F3D 1492United States v. Alkhabaz
- 104 F3D 1408United States v. Rose
- 104 F3D 109Overnite Transportation Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 103 F3D 978General Mills, Inc. v. Hunt-Wesson, Inc.
- 103 F3D 914H2O Houseboat Vacations Inc. v. Hernandez
- 103 F3D 141United States of America, and v. Murl Herman Craig, And
- 103 F3D 137Anderson v. Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians
- 103 F3D 130Christopher Russell v. United States
- 103 F3D 121United States v. Clinton Green
- 103 F3D 120Ss Lc Group Incorporated v. The Ryland Group Incorporated
- 103 F3D 120Social Consultants International, Incorporated v. Robert Winship Haskell, and First National Bank of Maryland
- 103 F3D 118Lloyd v. Felder E
- 102 F3D 1564Northington v. Marin
- 101 F3D 706United States v. Refugia Marquez, A/K/A Cookie Marquez
- 101 F3D 695Christopher W. Nygren v. William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense
- 101 F3D 689Peter C. Adams, Katherine Adams, Co-Administrators of Estate of Christopher M. Adams, on Behalf of Decedents's Estate v. City of Philadelphia
- 101 F3D 688Chukwumwa Okonkwo v. United States
- 101 F3D 685United States v. Macebuh S M
- 101 F3D 684Blake v. Artuz
- 101 F3D 682La Reunion Francaise v. Martin
- 101 F3D 683Moore v. Selsky R
- 101 F3D 68Premachandra v. United States
- 101 F3D 562United States v. Choate
- 101 F3D 367Baris v. Sulpicio Lines, Inc.
- 101 F3D 448Doddy v. Oxy USA, Inc.
- 101 F3D 247United States v. Rodgers
- 101 F3D 1544Rosenstiel v. Rodriguez
- 101 F3D 1393United States v. Christina Isaza-Zapata
- 101 F3D 1392Johnson v. Artuz
- 101 F3D 1341MFP Fire Protection, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 101 F3D 110Christopher Young v. L. Garb
- 101 F3D 108Celli v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad