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
- 85 F3D 628Bacher
- 85 F3D 618United States v. Stewart
- 85 F3D 617United States v. Charles L. Grover, United States of America v. Christopher Harris, United States of America v. Charles Dorsey
- 85 F3D 520Velasco v. Horgan
- 85 F3D 153United States v. Hayden
- 85 F3D 1514Florida Power & Light Co. v. Allis Chalmers Corp.
- 85 F3D 476Lodge Tower Condominium Ass'n v. Lodge Properties, Inc.
- 85 F3D 1232United States v. Lindemann
- 84 F3D 904United States v. McKinley
- 84 F3D 479Werme v. Merrill
- 84 F3D 363Dahl v. City of Huntington Beach
- 84 F3D 1364Sipes v. Atlantic Gulf Communities Corp.
- 84 F3D 100Maietta v. Artuz
- 83 F3D 591Fraser v. United States
- 83 F3D 455Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Catholic University of America
- 83 F3D 427McNamara v. F
- 83 F3D 422Gavin Md
- 83 F3D 416Scott C. Schirmacher v. McDonnell Douglas Corporation
- 83 F3D 416Silling v. Erwin
- 83 F3D 416Shaffer v. Jh Fletcher & Company & Doe
- 83 F3D 1266United States v. Ivy
- 83 F3D 1247United States v. Cusumano
- 83 F3D 118Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.
- 83 F3D 1054Sahni v. American Diversified Partners
- 82 F3D 574United States v. Vasquez
- 82 F3D 611United States v. Raffield
- 82 F3D 515Serafino v. Hasbro, Inc.
- 82 F3D 423Unigard Security Insurance Company v. Cigna Reinsurance Company, a Foreign Corporation, Successor to Insurance Company of North America
- 82 F3D 417Estep v. J O'Dea III
- 82 F3D 417Boggs v. Brigano
- 82 F3D 411United States v. Ralph Ferry
- 82 F3D 411United States v. Davis
- 82 F3D 407US v. T
- 82 F3D 406In Re Christopher J. Santarsiero
- 82 F3D 404Barnes v. Borough of Pottstown
- 82 F3D 403Lore v. Runyon
- 81 F3D 733Fulk v. United Transportation Union
- 81 F3D 173Reliance Insurance Company v. Mast Construction Company J G E
- 81 F3D 171United States v. Diana Lee Torrejon, AKA Diana Lee Nevell