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
- 255 F3D 855Cement Kiln Recycling Coalition v. Environmental Protection Agency
- 255 F3D 389Reeves v. United States
- 255 F3D 1347Roedler v. Department of Energy
- 255 F3D 1205Forrester v. American Dieselelectric, Inc.
- 255 F3D 1169United States v. Murillo
- 254 F3D 78United States Cellular Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 254 F3D 424United States v. Morgan
- 254 F3D 173Federal Election Commission v. National Rifle Ass'n of America
- 254 F3D 204United States v. Kayode
- 253 F3D 443United States v. Garrett
- 253 F3D 19Adtranz ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation, N.A. v. National Labor Relations
- 253 F3D 1National Exchange Carrier Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission
- 252 F3D 696Haulbrook v. Michelin North America, Inc.
- 252 F3D 148No Spray Coalition, Inc. v. City of New York
- 252 F3D 102United States v. Fermin
- 251 F3D 315Herrick Co. v. SCS Communications, Inc.
- 250 F3D 60United States v. Saavedra
- 250 F3D 139United States v. Berg
- 250 F3D 1299Cannon v. City of West Palm Beach
- 25 F3D 280Stephen Allen Lynn, P.C. Employee Profit Sharing Plan & Trust v. Stephen Allen Lynn, P.C.
- 249 F3D 921Case v. Kitsap County Sheriff's Department
- 249 F3D 643United States v. Ruiz
- 249 F3D 191Allied Erecting & Dismantling, Co. v. USX Corp.
- 248 F3D 964United States v. Tisdale
- 248 F3D 642United States v. Lamarre
- 248 F3D 475United States v. Fort
- 248 F3D 1249Selenke v. Medical Imaging
- 248 F3D 101Omnipoint Communications Enterprises, L.P. v. Zoning Hearing Board
- 247 F3D 273Brusco Tug & Barge Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 247 F3D 1366Fomby-Denson v. Department of the Army
- 246 F3D 966United States v. Giles
- 246 F3D 927Albiero v. City of Kankakee
- 246 F3D 267Holland v. New Jersey Department of Corrections
- 245 F3D 645United States v. Jones
- 245 F3D 312Meindl v. Genesys Pacific Technologies, Inc.
- 245 F3D 1008Children's Broadcasting Corp. v. Walt Disney Co.
- 244 F3D 888United States v. Gilbert
- 244 F3D 784United States v. Gardner
- 244 F3D 708Owens v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
- 244 F3D 144Center for Auto Safety v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- 244 F3D 334Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. R&R Ventures
- 244 F3D 1007Planned Parenthood of the Columbia/Willamette Inc. v. American Coalition of Life Activists
- 243 F3D 591United States v. Breen
- 243 F3D 255Hardyman v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
- 242 F3D 928United States v. Edwards
- 242 F3D 6Brandt v. Wand Partners
- 242 F3D 219Cash v. Granville County Board of Education
- 241 F3D 696Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts v. Philip Morris Inc.
- 241 F3D 948Evers v. Alliant Techsystems, Inc.
- 241 F3D 398Veeck v. Southern Building Code Congress International Inc.