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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- 168 F3D 1332Cellular Telecommunications Industry Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission
- 168 F3D 1344Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 167 F3D 675Mayes v. Chrysler Credit Corp.
- 167 F3D 36United States v. LiCausi
- 167 F3D 113United States v. Boggia
- 166 F3D 225Sandoval v. Reno
- 166 F3D 139Durham Life Insurance v. Evans
- 166 F3D 1224Cable & Wireless P.L.C. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 165 F3D 952United States v. Microsoft Corp.
- 164 F3D 63United States v. Rostoff
- 164 F3D 49City of Abilene v. Federal Communications Commission
- 164 F3D 419Hennenfent v. Mid Dakota Clinic, P.C.
- 164 F3D 398DeLoach v. Infinity Broadcasting
- 164 F3D 373Bragg v. Navistar International Transportation Corp.
- 164 F3D 286Boatman v. Hammons
- 164 F3D 1137Sav-A-Trip, Inc. v. Belfort
- 163 F3D 916International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 351 v. Cooper Natural Resources, Inc.
- 163 F3D 151Solow v. Stone
- 163 F3D 137WLNY-TV, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 162 F3D 975Fletcher v. City of Fort Wayne
- 162 F3D 548Montano-Figueroa v. Crabtree
- 162 F3D 463Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Doyle
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- 160 F3D 602Elephant Butte Irrigation District v. Department of the Interior
- 160 F3D 276Gray v. Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department
- 16 F3D 748United States v. Betts
- 16 F3D 64Wilkerson v. Whitley
- 16 F3D 482Nita v. Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection
- 16 F3D 394Dolly, Inc. v. Spalding & Evenflo Companies
- 16 F3D 1287Innovative Women's Media Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission
- 16 F3D 1246Horsehead Resource Development Co. v. Browner
- 159 F3D 916United States v. Scott
- 159 F3D 41Alfadda v. Fenn
- 159 F3D 318United States v. Santoro
- 159 F3D 186Bender v. Suburban Hospital, Inc.
- 159 F3D 1311Reliance Insurance v. Mast Construction Co.
- 158 F3D 213Lesage v. Texas
- 158 F3D 354Webcor Packaging Corp. v. Autozone, Inc.
- 157 F3D 806Terrell v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 157 F3D 35Field v. Mans
- 157 F3D 231ACM Partnership v. Commissioner
- 157 F3D 138Bissell v. Merrill Lynch & Co.
- 157 F3D 1067United States v. Meyer
- 156 F3D 825Alsbrook v. City of Maumelle
- 156 F3D 1206Mas-Hamilton Group v. LaGard, Inc.
- 156 F3D 1046United States v. Smith
- 156 F3D 1128Parrish v. Alabama Department of Corrections
- 155 F3D 927Walker v. Wallace Auto Sales, Inc.
- 155 F3D 596Tiltti v. Weise