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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- 321 F3D 292Miller v. Wolpoff & Abramson, L.L.P.
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- 321 F3D 1111Regents of the University of New Mexico v. Knight
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- 320 F3D 723United States v. Bitterman
- 320 F3D 346Davis v. Goord
- 320 F3D 173United States v. Estrada
- 320 F3D 1354Pandrol USA, LP v. Airboss Railway Products, Inc.
- 32 F3D 704United States v. Orena
- 32 F3D 572Rux v. Sarvis
- 32 F3D 349Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Federal Insurance
- 32 F3D 284Schwartz v. System Software Associates, Inc.
- 32 F3D 139GSM Dealer Services, Inc. v. Chrysler Corp.
- 319 F3D 666United States v. Hamlin
- 319 F3D 627Omnipoint Communications Enterprises, L.P. v. Zoning Hearing Board
- 319 F3D 560Green v. White
- 319 F3D 1126Ting v. AT&T
- 318 F3D 626In re Benjamin Moore & Co.
- 317 F3D 820Kushner v. Beverly Enterprises, Inc.
- 317 F3D 467Revell v. Lidov
- 317 F3D 167Presley v. U.S. Postal Service
- 316 F3D 737United Healthcare Insurance v. AdvancePCS
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- 315 F3D 803United States v. Klinzing
- 315 F3D 721Smart v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 702
- 315 F3D 206United States v. Lee
- 315 F3D 120Steel Partners II, L.P. v. Bell Industries, Inc.
- 314 F3D 892United States v. Langford
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- 314 F3D 745United States v. Estate of Parsons ex rel. Millar
- 314 F3D 24Mediouni v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 313 F3D 70Karaha Bodas Co. v. Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara
- 313 F3D 574Southern Co. Services, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 313 F3D 591United States v. Sesay
- 313 F3D 49United States v. Quinones
- 312 F3D 416National Audubon Society, Inc. v. Davis
- 312 F3D 404Hargis v. Foster
- 312 F3D 302United States v. Westmoreland
- 312 F3D 240Gray v. General Motors Corp.
- 311 F3D 966Soliman v. Philip Morris Inc.
- 311 F3D 456Dias v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 311 F3D 685Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. v. Fain
- 311 F3D 154Goodrich Corp. v. Town of Middlebury
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- 311 F3D 1357Alabama Power Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 311 F3D 247Zayas v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 310 F3D 443White v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co.
- 310 F3D 137United States v. Merlino
- 310 F3D 13Arruda v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
- 31 F3D 620United States ex rel. United States Postal Service v. Dewey Freight System, Inc.