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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- 449 F3D 1075Little v. Crawford
- 448 F3D 958United States v. Jones
- 448 F3D 264United States v. Shatley
- 448 F3D 16Pagán v. Calderón
- 448 F3D 1005United States v. Quezada
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- 447 F3D 706Fargo v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- 447 F3D 673Smelt v. County of Orange
- 447 F3D 159Locurto v. Giuliani
- 447 F3D 1127United States v. Cook
- 446 F3D 964Pinard v. Clatskanie School District 6J
- 446 F3D 799Stringer v. St. James R-1 School District
- 446 F3D 762United States v. Ruiz
- 446 F3D 728Armstrong v. Lasalle Bank National Ass'n
- 446 F3D 938Educational Credit Management Corp. v. Nys
- 446 F3D 429Shah v. Attorney General of the United States
- 446 F3D 258McConkie v. Nichols
- 446 F3D 1062United States v. Todd
- 445 F3D 965Marshall v. Knight
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- 443 F3D 880New York v. Environmental Protection Agency
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- 443 F3D 553United States v. Galicia-Cardenas
- 443 F3D 517Carter v. Mitchell
- 443 F3D 1290Seeley v. Chase
- 442 F3D 580Estremera v. United States
- 442 F3D 471Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- 442 F3D 1043Velez v. City of Chicago
- 442 F3D 1199MacDonald v. Kahikolu Ltd.
- 441 F3D 716United States v. Williams
- 441 F3D 153United States v. Quattrone
- 441 F3D 284United States v. Hampton
- 441 F3D 1306Kizzire v. Baptist Health System, Inc.