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
- 411 F3D 684United States v. Ostrander
- 411 F3D 602United States v. Luebbert
- 411 F3D 178Salge v. Edna Independent School District
- 411 F3D 1347PSI Energy, Inc. v. United States
- 410 F3D 682Jamerson v. Secretary for the Department of Corrections
- 410 F3D 597Limon v. Gonzales
- 410 F3D 1250Solantic, LLC v. City of Neptune Beach
- 41 F3D 968Mann v. Scott
- 409 F3D 996United States v. Newsome
- 409 F3D 689Sample v. Bailey
- 409 F3D 607Voci v. Gonzales
- 409 F3D 555United States v. Rigas
- 409 F3D 26Faulkner v. National Geographic Enterprises Inc.
- 409 F3D 178Fasold v. Justice
- 409 F3D 1360Hometown Financial, Inc. v. United States
- 409 F3D 1345Telecare Corp. v. Leavitt
- 409 F3D 1293United States v. Henderson
- 409 F3D 1113Menotti v. City of Seattle
- 409 F3D 106Hudson Valley Black Press v. Internal Revenue Service
- 408 F3D 737Securities & Exchange Commission v. Mutual Benefits Corp.
- 408 F3D 390Opsteen v. Keller Structures, Inc.
- 407 F3D 898United States v. Mohr
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- 407 F3D 674Anderson v. XYZ Correctional Health Services, Inc.
- 407 F3D 684Bailey v. Mississippi
- 407 F3D 603Brennan v. Kulick
- 407 F3D 243Slade v. Hampton Roads Regional Jail
- 407 F3D 1223SBC Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 407 F3D 1183United States v. Burge
- 406 F3D 747Blakely v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
- 406 F3D 881United States v. Arroyo
- 406 F3D 458Wall v. City of Brookfield
- 406 F3D 410Durkin v. Equifax Check Services, Inc.
- 406 F3D 37United States v. Lawlor
- 405 F3D 964Bochese v. Town of Ponce Inlet
- 405 F3D 602Lekas v. Briley
- 405 F3D 208United States v. White
- 405 F3D 202Turmon v. Jordan
- 405 F3D 1298Abusaid v. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners
- 405 F3D 1046United States v. Cardenas
- 405 F3D 1029Rooney v. Secretary of the Army
- 404 F3D 733Al-Fara v. Gonzales
- 404 F3D 316United States v. Curry
- 404 F3D 212Romero v. Allstate Corp.