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
- 989 F2D 1002Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. American Airlines, Inc.
- 988 F2D 124United States v. William Mitchell Nowlin, Daniel Aloysius Jones, William Dee Morris, and Robert Wells
- 988 F2D 117Barnwell v. Lewis
- 987 F2D 48Lema v. United States
- 987 F2D 139United States v. Taddeo
- 986 F2D 476Additive Controls & Measurement Systems, Inc. v. Flowdata, Inc.
- 986 F2D 394United States v. Trimble
- 986 F2D 242Martin v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc.
- 986 F2D 1429Rowell v. Jim Walters Homes, Inc.
- 986 F2D 1423United States v. Christopher
- 986 F2D 1423United States v. Christopher Kevin Haney
- 986 F2D 1422Sandra K. Samson-Smith v. Donald B. Rice, Secretary Department of the Air Force
- 986 F2D 1421Cranberry v. Boyd
- 986 F2D 1421Kinne v. Barnes
- 986 F2D 1416United States of America v. Dishmey
- 986 F2D 1248United States v. Wind
- 985 F2D 582Lionsgate Corporation v. Michael P.W. Stone, Secretary of the Army
- 985 F2D 576United States v. Fabiola Morales-Quintero
- 985 F2D 562United States v. John Curtis Jennings
- 985 F2D 561United States v. Christopher Crain
- 985 F2D 555Hawkins v. Collins
- 985 F2D 271United States v. White
- 985 F2D 151United States v. Lender
- 984 F2D 960United States v. Searing
- 984 F2D 933United States v. Passmore
- 984 F2D 577Regan v. Boogertman
- 984 F2D 349Sorensen v. City of Aurora
- 984 F2D 28Williams v. United States
- 984 F2D 1193Cleland v. Office of Personnel Management
- 983 F2D 5Mariani v. Doctors Associates, Inc.
- 983 F2D 275Aeronautical Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 983 F2D 234United States v. Follin
- 983 F2D 1067Korte v. Diemer
- 983 F2D 1059United States of America v. Taylor
- 982 F2D 644Amann v. Stow School System
- 982 F2D 344Hunter v. Aispuro
- 982 F2D 319United States v. Mays
- 982 F2D 269United States v. Brelsford
- 982 F2D 14Siegfriedt v. Fair
- 982 F2D 1384United States v. Mota
- 982 F2D 1186United States v. Hawthorne