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
- 93 F3D 422Bagdonas v. Department of Treasury
- 93 F3D 346United States v. Duguay
- 93 F3D 189United States v. Stewart
- 93 F3D 126United States v. Hall
- 92 F3D 582In re Galvan
- 92 F3D 419Ohio Ass'n of Independent Schools v. Goff
- 92 F3D 413Pilgrim v. Littlefield
- 92 F3D 396Middleton v. City of Flint
- 92 F3D 1176Atlas Insurance Company v. William Chapman Chapman Lumber Company, Incorporated
- 91 F3D 363United States v. Canales
- 91 F3D 16In re Marine Shale Processors, Inc.
- 91 F3D 147United States v. Henderson
- 91 F3D 136United States v. Sumblin T-90 T T-9
- 91 F3D 136United States v. Phillips
- 91 F3D 133Simms v. Jackson
- 91 F3D 130First Security Bank v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- 91 F3D 1270Roe v. Sherry
- 91 F3D 125Jerry L. Ross, Jr. v. Abington Township
- 91 F3D 1094Dakota Gasification Co. v. Pascoe Building Systems, A Division of Amcord, Inc.
- 91 F3D 1058United States v. Scott
- 90 F3D 927Patterson v. P.H.P. Healthcare Corp.
- 90 F3D 720Gares v. Willingboro Township
- 90 F3D 536Conoco Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- 90 F3D 459United States v. Medina
- 90 F3D 1409United States v. Workinger
- 9 F3D 990United States v. Femia
- 9 F3D 893Key Enterprises of Delaware, Inc. v. Venice Hospital
- 9 F3D 792Snake River Farmers' Ass'n v. Department of Labor
- 9 F3D 543United States v. Moss
- 9 F3D 184Pihl v. Massachusetts Department of Education
- 9 F3D 1555United States v. Blanca Elena Valenzuela
- 9 F3D 1535Wood v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
- 9 F3D 150Harding v. Gray
- 9 F3D 1430North Star Alaska v. United States
- 9 F3D 1407Richey v. United States Internal Revenue Service
- 9 F3D 1253United States v. Fleming
- 9 F3D 1174Greenpeace, Inc. v. Waste Technologies Industries
- 89 F3D 852Ward v. U.S. Customs Service
- 89 F3D 847United States v. Campos-Padilla
- 89 F3D 838McGuire v. Meloy
- 89 F3D 838Tracey Ellis v. Blood Systems, Incorporated, Doing Business as United Blood Services
- 89 F3D 834Hintz
- 89 F3D 828Fornshill v. W Ruddy
- 89 F3D 827Alexander v. Boyd