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
- 81 F3D 167Christopher v. Gomez
- 81 F3D 162Wallace v. United States
- 81 F3D 162United States v. Vann
- 81 F3D 153Willis v. Town of Trenton North Carolina
- 81 F3D 152United States v. Charles A. Pearson
- 81 F3D 152United States v. Poe
- 81 F3D 149General Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers Local Union No. 697 v. Premier Concrete Products, Inc.
- 81 F3D 1371Marine Shale Processors, Inc. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
- 81 F3D 1361United States v. Marine Shale Processors
- 81 F3D 1329United States v. Marine Shale Processors
- 81 F3D 131United States v. Morris
- 80 F3D 842McCarthy v. Recordex Service, Inc.
- 80 F3D 662National Labor Relations Board v. Boston District Council of Carpenters
- 80 F3D 394United States v. Mindel
- 80 F3D 339Rains v. Criterion Systems, Inc.
- 80 F3D 246United States v. Robinzine
- 8 F3D 943United States v. Harris
- 8 F3D 821United States v. Givens
- 8 F3D 814Watkins v. Ameristar Transportation Services, Inc
- 8 F3D 811Iwanyshyn v. Colville
- 8 F3D 769United States v. Richardson
- 8 F3D 71Brown v. Reno US
- 8 F3D 673United States v. Tucker
- 8 F3D 385United States v. Ferguson
- 8 F3D 118Mr. Sprout, Inc. v. United States
- 8 F3D 11United States v. Dutcher
- 79 F3D 776Webster v. Omnitrition International, Inc.
- 79 F3D 7United States v. Araujo
- 79 F3D 677Weisbrot v. Medical College of Wisconsin
- 79 F3D 1477United States v. Hill
- 79 F3D 1238Kelley v. National Labor Relations Board
- 79 F3D 1153Macintyre
- 79 F3D 1141Christopher Lamont Carter v. United States Sentencing Commission
- 78 F3D 69United States v. Sicignano
- 78 F3D 595United States v. Dotson
- 78 F3D 587Mogollon v. Meloy
- 78 F3D 580Johnathan Lee X v. Bratten
- 78 F3D 579Olson v. Largo-Springhill Limited Partnership
- 78 F3D 382Brown v. United Missouri Bank, N.A.
- 78 F3D 168United States v. Fells
- 78 F3D 1079Betkerur v. Aultman Hospital Ass'n