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
- 299 F3D 1216Dumais v. American Golf Corp.
- 298 F3D 653R.J. O'Brien & Associates, Inc. v. Forman
- 298 F3D 60Maine v. United States Department of the Interior
- 298 F3D 688United States v. Williams
- 298 F3D 333Patel v. Midland Memorial Hospital & Medical Center
- 298 F3D 156Caldarola v. Calabrese
- 298 F3D 1114Adams v. Synthes Spine Co.
- 297 F3D 815Cavalier v. Random House, Inc.
- 297 F3D 52United States v. Downing
- 297 F3D 497Goad v. Mitchell
- 297 F3D 161United States v. Taubman
- 297 F3D 1058Cudjoe v. Independent School District No. 12
- 297 F3D 1116United States v. Hardman
- 296 F3D 871Agyeman v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 296 F3D 1237Soliman v. United States ex rel. INS
- 295 F3D 777Heder v. City of Two Rivers
- 295 F3D 666Valinote v. Ballis
- 295 F3D 505Reliable Home Health Care, Inc. v. Union Central Insurance
- 295 F3D 611Satterfield v. Tennessee
- 295 F3D 152United States v. Brown
- 295 F3D 1183Robinson ex rel. Robinson v. Kansas
- 294 F3D 994Sianis v. Jensen
- 294 F3D 762Miller v. Fidelity Security Life Insurance
- 294 F3D 227Tamko Roofing Products, Inc. v. Ideal Roofing Co.
- 294 F3D 1309Mitchell v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
- 293 F3D 886United States v. Green
- 293 F3D 726Veney v. Wyche
- 293 F3D 1261Clark v. Putnam County
- 292 F3D 49Large v. Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.
- 291 F3D 89Brown v. Newberger
- 291 F3D 145Senator Linie GMBH & Co. KG v. Sunway Line, Inc.
- 291 F3D 1100United States v. Bishop
- 290 F3D 1265Loudermilk v. Barnhart
- 290 F3D 1058Planned Parenthood of the Columbia/Willamette, Inc. v. American Coalition of Life Activists
- 29 F3D 754United States v. Horn
- 29 F3D 385Austin Mutual Insurance v. King
- 29 F3D 1291Morgenstern v. Wilson
- 29 F3D 1244Wright v. Associated Insurance Companies Inc.
- 289 F3D 98In re Lorazepam & Clorazepate Antitrust Litigation
- 289 F3D 49Phifer v. City of New York
- 288 F3D 665United States v. Southland Management Corp.
- 288 F3D 515United States v. Abbey
- 288 F3D 319Peele v. Country Mutual Insurance
- 288 F3D 262Voest-Alpine Trading USA Corp. v. Bank of China
- 288 F3D 187Chamber of Commerce of the United States v. Moore
- 287 F3D 91King v. First American Investigations, Inc.
- 287 F3D 840Panatronic Usa, a California General Partnership Lemar Textile Co. v. At&t Corporation
- 287 F3D 601Brannam v. Huntington Mortgage Co.
- 287 F3D 170United States v. Desena
- 286 F3D 822Macktal v. Chao