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
- 78 F3D 1051Futernick v. Sumpter Township
- 77 F3D 95United States v. Jimenez
- 77 F3D 774United States v. Dickerson
- 77 F3D 484Hoxsey v. Bratsos
- 77 F3D 481Christopher Columbus Cooper v. O.A. Brookshire, Sheriff of Ector County, Texas
- 77 F3D 473Christopher v. Liberty Mutual Ins
- 77 F3D 468Cole Lahman v. Director Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
- 77 F3D 467Christopher Binder v. Washington Gas-District of Columbia Division
- 77 F3D 467Kallay Y. Bangura v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 77 F3D 346United States v. Henning
- 77 F3D 332United States v. Martinez
- 77 F3D 126Rokohl v. Texaco, Inc.
- 76 F3D 545United States v. Hawkins
- 76 F3D 494United States v. Coffin
- 76 F3D 4United States v. Watson
- 76 F3D 393Oyler v. Jensen
- 76 F3D 387Liquid Air Corporation v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh Pa
- 76 F3D 374Jonathan McCants v. Vision Cable Federal Communications Commission
- 76 F3D 371Atkinson v. Evatt
- 76 F3D 371Coor v. Smith
- 76 F3D 370McEachern v. Corrections, ME
- 76 F3D 1205Firestone v. Firestone
- 75 F3D 470United States v. Erickson
- 75 F3D 1311Armendariz v. Penman
- 74 F3D 938United States v. Plunkett
- 74 F3D 768I.A.E., Inc. v. Shaver
- 74 F3D 701United States v. Thomas
- 74 F3D 567Baris v. Sulpicio Lines, Inc.
- 74 F3D 186DeMassa v. MacIntyre
- 74 F3D 1545Hamilton v. Schriro
- 74 F3D 1459Burton Blistein v. St. John's College
- 74 F3D 1240Deja Vu of Nashville Inc Bob Pope v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville E W
- 74 F3D 1233Palmer v. Property Control Dept. Staff
- 74 F3D 1226John Jamison v. Patrick Arvonio
- 74 F3D 1225Aetna Casualty & Surety Company v. David Allen Netz,
- 74 F3D 1147United States v. Hurtado-Gonzalez
- 73 F3D 733Kavanagh v. Berge
- 73 F3D 528Royster v. Food Lion, Inc.
- 73 F3D 484United States v. Foley
- 73 F3D 464United States v. Construction Products Research, Inc.
- 73 F3D 378Biester v. Department of Navy
- 73 F3D 371United States v. Tommy S. Choi, Aka, Soo Chull Choi