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
- 482 F3D 969Gwin v. American River Transportation Co.
- 482 F3D 1305Crawford v. City of Fairburn
- 481 F3D 770Van Duyn v. Baker School District 5J
- 481 F3D 475United States v. Wilson
- 481 F3D 1224National Wildlife Federation v. National Marine Fisheries Service
- 480 F3D 747United States v. Dilley
- 480 F3D 642Sciolino v. City of Newport News
- 480 F3D 636Abbas v. Dixon
- 480 F3D 47United States v. Coloian
- 480 F3D 1248Andujar v. Rodriguez
- 480 F3D 1116Suburban Mortgage Associates, Inc. v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development
- 480 F3D 1089Siebert v. Allen
- 480 F3D 1216Green v. Holland
- 48 F3D 594Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Steamship Clerks Union, Local 1066
- 48 F3D 1331Chen Zhou Chai v. Carroll
- 48 F3D 1227Foti v. Graham
- 479 F3D 774Crawford v. City of Fairburn
- 479 F3D 767Zahnd v. Secretary of the Department of Agriculture
- 479 F3D 196Russo v. City of Bridgeport
- 478 F3D 1324United States v. Koblan
- 478 F3D 111Tomassi v. Insignia Financial Group, Inc.
- 477 F3D 933United States v. Nitch
- 477 F3D 407United States v. Winkle
- 477 F3D 128Christopher Phelps & Associates, LLC v. Galloway
- 476 F3D 981Boumediene v. Bush
- 476 F3D 934Boumediene v. Bush
- 476 F3D 917Long Island Savings Bank, FSB v. United States
- 476 F3D 90Aon Financial Products, Inc. v. Société Générale
- 476 F3D 887Voda v. Cordis Corp.
- 476 F3D 545Morales v. Ault
- 476 F3D 421Abbott Laboratories v. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.
- 476 F3D 1372Mymail, Ltd. v. America Online, Inc.
- 476 F3D 1191Tobin v. Michigan Mutual Insurance
- 475 F3D 898White v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development
- 475 F3D 83Riverkeeper, Inc. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
- 475 F3D 1013United States v. Cannon
- 474 F3D 951Miller v. Illinois Central Railroad
- 474 F3D 634Johnson v. City of Seattle
- 474 F3D 60Zieper v. Metzinger
- 474 F3D 154Emmett v. Kelly
- 473 F3D 498Robert Lewis Rosen Associates, Ltd. v. Webb
- 473 F3D 487United States v. Robinson
- 473 F3D 440Tafari v. Hues
- 473 F3D 444Collier v. Barnhart
- 473 F3D 188Doe ex rel. Doe v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board
- 472 F3D 99ABT Building Products Corp. v. National Union Fire Insurance
- 472 F3D 506Oshana v. Coca-Cola Co.
- 471 F3D 601Baker v. City of Hamilton
- 471 F3D 399National Labor Relations Board v. Local 3, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- 471 F3D 315Xiao Ji Chen v. United States Department of Justice