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
- 66 F3D 1390Cooper v. B & L, Inc.
- 65 F3D 918United States v. Stewart
- 65 F3D 482Blakeney v. Lomas Information Systems, Inc.
- 65 F3D 185Steven Christopher, Jason Christopher, Brenda Mills, as Guardian of Jason Christopher v. Cutter Laboratories, Armour Pharmaceutical Company
- 65 F3D 160Clark v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
- 65 F3D 1331Hill v. United States Department of Labor
- 64 F3D 91Milano ex rel. Milano v. Freed
- 64 F3D 666Patterson v. Eagleburger US Dc
- 64 F3D 665Rider v. Richards
- 64 F3D 657Laubach v. Khajawai
- 64 F3D 577Chickasaw Nation v. Oklahoma ex rel. Oklahoma Tax Commission
- 64 F3D 179United States v. Hernandez
- 63 F3D 569Gramercy Mills, Inc. v. Wolens
- 63 F3D 1169Petereit v. S.B. Thomas, Inc.
- 62 F3D 63United States v. Blum
- 62 F3D 1422United States v. Graves
- 62 F3D 1411United States v. Cardelli
- 62 F3D 1092Furrer v. Brown
- 61 F3D 912People v. Gabor
- 61 F3D 904United States v. Charles Carte
- 61 F3D 901United States v. Jacobs
- 61 F3D 898Christopher Weibking v. United States
- 61 F3D 858United States v. Holden
- 61 F3D 819United States v. Witek
- 61 F3D 1518United States v. Frost
- 61 F3D 1250Israel Travel Advisory Service, Inc. v. Israel Identity Tours, Inc.
- 60 F3D 941United States v. Valenti
- 60 F3D 826United States v. Christopher Warren Roach
- 60 F3D 826United States v. John Henry Johnson
- 60 F3D 825Todd v. South Carolina Dept. of Corrections Compliance Office at Headquarters
- 60 F3D 825United States v. Carter
- 60 F3D 825United States America v. Davis
- 60 F3D 815Joseph Nicholas Maiola, Nicholas Joseph Mylo, IV v. Joseph Haines, Mr. & Mrs. Haines, Richard Hileman, Cecil Christopher, William L. Yarborough
- 60 F3D 396United States v. Doyle
- 60 F3D 363United States v. Baldwin
- 60 F3D 52United States v. Forrester