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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- 112 F3D 275Calderon v. Witvoet
- 112 F3D 200United States v. Bloom
- 112 F3D 1522Holbrook v. City of Alpharetta
- 112 F3D 1493United States v. Gunby
- 111 F3D 934United States v. Krizek
- 111 F3D 588Farmland Industries, Inc. v. Frazier-Parrott Commodities
- 111 F3D 443United States v. Century Offshore Management Corp.
- 111 F3D 1312Turner/Ozanne v. Hyman/Power
- 111 F3D 128United States v. Stephen Leopold Cohen
- 110 F3D 222Great Western Mortgage Corp. v. Peacock
- 110 F3D 1431Coalition for Economic Equity v. Wilson
- 110 F3D 1131United States v. Salvatore
- 110 F3D 103United States v. Lui Kin-Hong
- 11 F3D 843Decker v. GlenFed, Inc.
- 11 F3D 357Preston v. Frantz
- 11 F3D 186Orengo Caraballo v. Reich
- 11 F3D 152United States v. Dobbs
- 11 F3D 1084Salt Lake Community Action Program, Inc. v. Shalala
- 109 F3D 514Little Rock School District v. North Little Rock School District
- 109 F3D 1United States v. Nippon Paper Industries Co.
- 108 F3D 859Rouse v. Boehringer Mannheim Corp.
- 108 F3D 1104Martin v. U.S. Parole Commission
- 107 F3D 5United States v. Shapiro
- 107 F3D 248United States v. Dorlouis
- 107 F3D 191Sidali v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 107 F3D 1374United States v. California Mobile Home Park Management Co.
- 106 F3D 805Embrey v. Hershberger
- 106 F3D 667Hall Financial Group, Inc. v. DP Partners, Ltd. Partnership
- 106 F3D 269Rainsong Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- 106 F3D 1027United States v. Bongiorno
- 106 F3D 1112County of Suffolk v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp.
- 105 F3D 796United States v. Carrozzella
- 105 F3D 740United States v. Carroll
- 105 F3D 1195WMX Technologies, Inc. v. Gasconade County
- 104 F3D 660Arch Mineral Corp. v. Babbitt
- 104 F3D 360Willingham v. City of Jacksonville
- 104 F3D 1546Pueblo of Santa Ana v. Kelly
- 104 F3D 1453United States ex rel. Berge v. Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
- 104 F3D 1305Abbott Laboratories v. Novopharm Ltd.
- 104 F3D 105Summers v. State Street Bank & Trust Co.
- 103 F3D 600United States v. Smith
- 103 F3D 122Wagstaff-El v. City of Baltimore
- 103 F3D 121United States v. Evans
- 102 F3D 958Webb v. Mercy Hospital
- 102 F3D 863Tolston v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
- 102 F3D 753Yarnevic v. Brink's, Inc.
- 102 F3D 583Oregon v. Federal Communications Commission
- 102 F3D 534Wiener v. NEC Electronics, Inc.
- 102 F3D 38United States v. Ciak
- 102 F3D 1577Statistica, Inc. v. Christopher