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
- 36 F3D 670Katz v. Household International, Inc.
- 359 F3D 666United States v. Quinn
- 359 F3D 554United States Telecom Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission
- 359 F3D 399Kellner v. Budget Car & Truck Rental, Inc.
- 359 F3D 358Air Liquide America Corp. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- 359 F3D 1361Pfizer Inc. v. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Ltd.
- 359 F3D 1079Belmontes v. Woodford
- 358 F3D 616Miller v. Yokohama Tire Corp.
- 358 F3D 496Fillmore v. Page
- 358 F3D 459Ganton Technologies, Inc. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers
- 357 F3D 988Rodde v. Bonta
- 357 F3D 860Children's Broadcasting Corp. v. Walt Disney Co.
- 357 F3D 260Arbor Hill Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Ass'n v. County of Albany
- 357 F3D 26Rossiter v. Potter
- 357 F3D 1278Save Domestic Oil, Inc. v. United States
- 357 F3D 1152Biodiversity Associates v. Cables
- 356 F3D 991Jahed v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 356 F3D 547Gantt v. Security, USA, Inc.
- 356 F3D 495Bernard v. County of Suffolk
- 355 F3D 206Gmurzynska v. Hutton
- 355 F3D 139Blue Water Yacht Club Ass'n v. New Hampshire Insurance
- 355 F3D 123European Community v. RJR Nabisco, Inc.
- 354 F3D 710Gregg v. Barnhart
- 354 F3D 57Wood v. Hancock County Sheriff's Department
- 354 F3D 527Terry v. LaGrois
- 354 F3D 178United States v. Harrington
- 353 F3D 832Aspen Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, LLC v. Aspen Valley Hospital District
- 353 F3D 71B&J Oil & Gas v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- 353 F3D 1319Georgia Cemetery Ass'n v. Cox
- 353 F3D 1276Shaw v. Connecticut General Life Insurance
- 352 F3D 146United States v. Johnson
- 351 F3D 657Garcia-Melendez v. Ashcroft
- 351 F3D 43Mulvaney Mechanical, Inc. v. Sheet Metal Workers International Ass'n, Local 38
- 351 F3D 1229Recording Industry Ass'n of America, Inc. v. Verizon Internet Services, Inc.
- 350 F3D 716Shaver v. Independent Stave Company
- 350 F3D 279O'Brien v. Town of Agawam
- 350 F3D 231United States v. Capelton
- 35 F3D 97Brown v. D'Amico
- 35 F3D 921Cane v. Worcester County
- 35 F3D 82McMahan Securities Co. v. Forum Capital Markets L.P.
- 35 F3D 717Brown v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
- 35 F3D 555Brown v. Ross
- 35 F3D 232Christopher v. Diamond Benefits Life Insurance
- 35 F3D 155Stroik v. Ponseti
- 35 F3D 153United States v. O'Leary
- 35 F3D 1494Sultenfuss v. Snow
- 35 F3D 139Allred v. Maersk Line, Ltd.
- 35 F3D 1275United States v. Weitzenhoff
- 35 F3D 1269Christopher Lake Development Co. v. St. Louis County
- 35 F3D 1226Pioneer Hi-Bred International v. Holden Foundation Seeds, Inc.