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
- 486 F3D 1300In re FASHINA
- 486 F3D 1248United States v. Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc.
- 486 F3D 1030Riley v. United States
- 486 F3D 100Green v. Fornario
- 485 F3D 804Preston v. Tenet Healthsystem Memorial Medical Center, Inc.
- 485 F3D 597Community State Bank v. Strong
- 485 F3D 577King v. PA Consulting Group, Inc.
- 484 F3D 837Workman v. Bell
- 484 F3D 783United States v. Jones
- 484 F3D 735United States v. Perez
- 484 F3D 717Cole v. General Motors Corp.
- 484 F3D 436Crawford v. Marion County Election Board
- 484 F3D 1221United States v. Esquivel-Ortega
- 484 F3D 1186United States v. Lopez
- 484 F3D 1081Simpson v. Thomure
- 483 F3D 431United States v. Graham
- 483 F3D 292Edge Petroleum Operating Co. v. GPR Holdings, L.L.C.
- 483 F3D 313United States v. Fields
- 483 F3D 1328Intamin, Ltd. v. Magnetar Technologies, Corp.
- 482 F3D 976Farmers Automobile Insurance v. St. Paul Mercury Insurance
- 482 F3D 829United States v. Freeman
- 482 F3D 792Staff IT, Inc. v. United States
- 482 F3D 372Regents of the University of California v. Credit Suisse First Boston (USA), Inc.
- 481 F3D 932Varela v. United States
- 481 F3D 89McKithen v. Brown
- 481 F3D 649Gretillat v. Care Initiatives
- 481 F3D 485Baptist v. City of Kankakee
- 481 F3D 44United States v. Tejeda
- 481 F3D 215United States v. Ford
- 481 F3D 1260United States v. Holyfield
- 481 F3D 1099United States v. McAtee
- 480 F3D 750United States v. Salinas
- 480 F3D 704Betzel v. State Farm Lloyds
- 480 F3D 62United States v. Caraballo-Rodriguez