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
- 131 F3D 99Craig v. United States
- 131 F3D 951United States v. Boyd
- 131 F3D 739Embrey v. Hershberger
- 131 F3D 711Diaz v. Fort Wayne Foundry Corp.
- 131 F3D 530Riner v. Allstate Life Insurance
- 131 F3D 507Chair King, Inc. v. Houston Cellular Corp.
- 131 F3D 1428United States v. O'Brien
- 131 F3D 1379Mescalero Apache Tribe v. New Mexico
- 131 F3D 1255Little Rock School District v. North Little Rock School District
- 130 F3D 884Lapine Technology Corp. v. Kyocera Corp.
- 130 F3D 715Russell v. Plano Bank & Trust
- 130 F3D 46Bavaro v. Pataki
- 130 F3D 414Cybersell, Inc. v. Cybersell, Inc.
- 130 F3D 400Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona v. Neely
- 130 F3D 385Paradis v. Arave
- 130 F3D 1395Taylor v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
- 130 F3D 1225United States v. Underwood
- 13 F3D 883Metro County Title, Inc. v. Federal Deposit Insurance
- 13 F3D 775Komninos ex rel. Komninos v. Upper Saddle River Board of Education
- 13 F3D 27Federal Deposit Insurance v. Anchor Properties
- 13 F3D 1024Bushendorf v. Freightliner Corp.
- 129 F3D 833Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now v. Miller
- 129 F3D 663United States v. Bartelho
- 129 F3D 535Jicarilla Apache Tribe v. Kelly
- 129 F3D 290Rhett v. Carnegie Center Associates
- 129 F3D 1196United States v. Hoffer
- 128 F3D 94Maharaj v. Bankamerica Corp.
- 128 F3D 553United States v. Burns
- 128 F3D 267United States v. Cleveland
- 128 F3D 125United States v. One Parcel of Property
- 127 F3D 693Little Rock School District v. Arkansas
- 127 F3D 58Federal Deposit Insurance v. Bender
- 127 F3D 380United States v. Johnston
- 127 F3D 175Sierra Fria Corp. v. Donald J. Evans, P.C.
- 127 F3D 1277United States v. Oxx
- 127 F3D 1098John Wilson, Mary Christopher v. Commissioner of Social Security
- 126 F3D 1442Cessna Aircraft Co. v. Dalton
- 126 F3D 1391Heath v. Suzuki Motor Corp.
- 126 F3D 1288Breidenbach v. Bolish
- 126 F3D 1042Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa, Inc. v. Atchison
- 124 F3D 849Plumb v. Fluid Pump Service, Inc.
- 124 F3D 551Aluminum Co. of America v. Beazer East, Inc.
- 124 F3D 252Ed Peters Jewelry Co. v. C & J Jewelry Co.
- 124 F3D 188Palmer K. Schreiber v. Christopher G. Kellogg
- 123 F3D 700Johnson v. United States ex rel. Department of Treasury IRS
- 123 F3D 341United States v. Kasler Electric Co.
- 122 F3D 718Coalition for Economic Equity v. Wilson
- 122 F3D 692Coalition for Economic Equity v. Wilson
- 122 F3D 427United States v. Messino
- 122 F3D 389United States v. Underwood