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
- 441 F3D 197Bridges v. Department of Maryland State Police
- 440 F3D 537Tobeth-Tangang v. Gonzales
- 440 F3D 350Amini v. Oberlin College
- 44 F3D 925Original Appalachian Artworks, Inc. v. S. Diamond Associates, Inc.
- 44 F3D 722Marshall v. Gates
- 44 F3D 6United States v. Parkinson
- 44 F3D 166Bradley v. Kochenash
- 44 F3D 1530United States v. Magluta
- 44 F3D 133United States v. Snow
- 439 F3D 865M.P. ex rel. K. v. Independent School District No. 721
- 439 F3D 565United States v. Bear
- 439 F3D 243Motiva Enterprises Llc v. St Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company
- 439 F3D 181United States v. Newsome
- 439 F3D 1263United States v. Grimmett
- 439 F3D 1221United States v. Faulkner
- 439 F3D 1149United States v. Perlaza
- 438 F3D 713Kolupa v. Roselle Park District
- 438 F3D 672United States v. Wilson
- 438 F3D 67United States v. Turner
- 438 F3D 376Belle v. Jefferson-Pilot Life Ins. Co.
- 438 F3D 235United States v. Proshin
- 437 F3D 917United States v. Plouffe
- 437 F3D 829United States v. Boone
- 437 F3D 777United States v. Morin
- 437 F3D 1206North American Catholic Educational Programming Foundation, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 436 F3D 706United States v. Williams
- 436 F3D 677United States v. Alford
- 436 F3D 461Deiter v. Microsoft Corp.
- 436 F3D 449United States v. Green
- 436 F3D 1062United States v. Plouffe
- 435 F3D 920United States v. Liner
- 435 F3D 404Hill v. Reederei F. Laeisz G.M.B.H., Rostock
- 435 F3D 1191United States v. Blandin
- 435 F3D 1011Kenna v. United States District Court for the Central District of California
- 435 F3D 1081Reynolds v. Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.