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
- 89 F3D 826United States v. David Clemons
- 89 F3D 823Gallant II v. Maine State Prison
- 89 F3D 823Hightower v. Vose
- 89 F3D 551United States v. Real Property Located at 13328 & 13324 State Highway 75 North, Blaine County
- 89 F3D 240Silmon v. Can Do II, Inc.
- 89 F3D 1501United States v. Frazier
- 88 F3D 831United States v. Armstrong
- 88 F3D 774Martin v. Sias
- 88 F3D 210Hein v. Federal Deposit Insurance
- 88 F3D 111Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Ass'n v. Forst
- 88 F3D 1046Duty Free International, Inc. v. United States
- 87 F3D 779Gravley v. Mills
- 87 F3D 740United States v. Aderholt
- 87 F3D 642United States v. Roseboro
- 87 F3D 60Berger v. United States
- 87 F3D 34United States v. Sirois
- 87 F3D 269Adams v. Erwin Weller Co.
- 87 F3D 133United States v. Johnson
- 87 F3D 1318Cote Cote v. Tom Lopes Distributing Company Inc
- 87 F3D 1310United States v. Willie Woodard
- 86 F3D 1537United States v. Richardson
- 86 F3D 1447ProCD, Inc. v. Zeidenberg
- 86 F3D 1368United States v. Giraldi
- 86 F3D 1178Benenati v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
- 86 F3D 1178Earth Island Institute v. Christopher G a
- 86 F3D 1172Christopher Charles Patton v. City of Tuscaloosa, Charles Maxson Culp, Sr., James Chancy, Elizabeth Hollyhand, Carl Hollyhand, Ronnie Ross, Al P. Dupont
- 86 F3D 1161Christopher Douglas v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- 86 F3D 1158Jerry L. Montgomery v. Christopher E. Meloy, Superintendent, Jerry L. Montgomery v. Christopher E. Meloy, Superintendent
- 86 F3D 1155Hale v. Secretary Department of Treasury
- 86 F3D 1152Scott C. Schirmacher v. McDonnell Douglas Corporation
- 86 F3D 1152Strauss Md
- 86 F3D 1151Newbill v. Angelone
- 86 F3D 1149Davis v. Drew
- 86 F3D 1147United States v. Maxwell Brown, A/K/A David Jackson, A/K/A Byron Bernard
- 85 F3D 689Salleh v. Christopher
- 85 F3D 639United States v. P Whittlesey
- 85 F3D 635Todd Christopher Grange v. United States Parole Commission Wayne H. Seifert, Warden of the Metropolitan Detention Center at Los Angeles
- 85 F3D 631Abdul-Wadood v. Bayh H