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
- 767 F2D 1151Giancontieri v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.
- 766 F2D 898Herb's Welding v. Gray
- 766 F2D 690Olivieri v. Ward
- 766 F2D 1513American Mutual Liability Insurance v. Smith
- 766 F2D 1493United States v. Watchmaker
- 765 F2D 810Brown v. Continental Can Co.
- 765 F2D 581Dallo v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 765 F2D 350Auerbach v. Rettaliata
- 765 F2D 153Young v. Christopher
- 765 F2D 1364United States v. Burt
- 764 F2D 720Taylor Rental Corp. v. Oakley
- 764 F2D 520Fossum v. Federal Land Bank
- 764 F2D 1042United States v. Natale
- 763 F2D 728United Steelworkers of America v. Auchter
- 763 F2D 354Smegal v. Gateway Foods of Minneapolis, Inc.
- 762 F2D 1364Taisho Marine & Fire Insurance v. The Vessel "Gladiolus"
- 761 F2D 998United States v. Montgomery County
- 761 F2D 1459United States v. Watchmaker
- 761 F2D 140Loretto Winery Ltd. v. Duffy
- 760 F2D 715Moosa v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 760 F2D 1334New Haven Radio, Inc. v. Meister
- 759 F2D 669Pettijohn v. Heckler
- 759 F2D 242Winston v. City of New York
- 758 F2D 468Lavicky v. Burnett
- 758 F2D 436National Labor Relations Board v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- 758 F2D 304United States v. Wilson
- 758 F2D 22Greenfield & Montague Transportation Area v. Donovan
- 758 F2D 1522Keehn v. Carolina Casualty Insurance
- 758 F2D 1486Amey, Inc. v. Gulf Abstract & Title, Inc.
- 758 F2D 1299Laney v. Coleman Co.
- 758 F2D 1140Fellowship of Christ Church v. Thorburn
- 757 F2D 205United States v. All, Inc.
- 757 F2D 19Oneida of Thames Band v. New York
- 757 F2D 1435Blair v. Shenandoah Women's Center, Inc.
- 756 F2D 615City of Independence v. Bond
- 756 F2D 1370Worthy v. McKesson Corp.
- 755 F2D 629United States v. Hansen
- 755 F2D 359Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Christian-Paine & Co.
- 755 F2D 212Campana v. Eller
- 755 F2D 1543Dunlap v. Lockheed-Georgia Co.
- 753 F2D 1420United States v. Little
- 753 F2D 1151Art Metal-U.S.A., Inc. v. United States
- 751 F2D 733United States v. Gray
- 751 F2D 550Suffolk County Patrolmen's Benevolent Ass'n v. County of Suffolk
- 751 F2D 475Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Foremost-McKesson, Inc.
- 750 F2D 719Moss v. United States
- 750 F2D 684United States v. Altman
- 750 F2D 220United States v. Young
- 749 F2D 360Youkhanna v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 747 F2D 338Ghandi v. Police Department of Detroit