Circle, Alaska
2,428 opinions mention this place
Circle (also called Circle City) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 100. Circle is 260 km (162 miles) northeast of Fairbanks at the end of the Steese Highway. Circle was named by miners in the late 1800s who believed that the town was on the Arctic Circle. The Arctic Circle is actually about 80 km (50 miles) north of Circle. Circle is also the unofficial northern terminus of the Pan-American Highway. Every February, Circle City hosts a checkpoint for the long-distance Yukon Quest sled dog race.
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Landmark decisions involving Circle
- Saenz v. Roe (1999)526 U.S. 489
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida (1996)517 U.S. 44
- United States v. Lopez (1995)514 U.S. 549
- Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios (1984)464 U.S. 417
- Spinelli v. United States (1969)393 U.S. 410overruled
- Parker v. Ellis (1960)362 U.S. 574overruled
- United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Ass'n (1944)322 U.S. 533
- Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940)310 U.S. 586overruled
- Rose v. Himley (1808)8 U.S. 241overruled
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Opinions mentioning Circle
- 99 F3D 244Illinois High School Ass'n v. GTE Vantage Inc.
- 99 F3D 1056Vining v. Runyon
- 96 F3D 532Fleet National Bank v. H&D Entertainment, Inc.
- 95 F3D 59United States v. Bell
- 95 F3D 41Curtis Bay Company v. Mapco Coal Incorporated
- 95 F3D 1505Chiles v. Ceridian Corp.
- 92 F3D 1196Gillette v. Tansy
- 92 F3D 1135Nationalist Movement v. City of Cumming
- 91 F3D 1547Taxman v. Board of Education of the Township of Piscataway
- 9 F3D 74United States v. Real Property Located at 10936 Oak Run Circle
- 9 F3D 282Olefins Trading, Inc. v. Han Yang Chem Corp.
- 9 F3D 1555United States v. State of California Franchise Tax Board
- 89 F3D 1269Stupak-Thrall v. United States
- 88 F3D 445Eyler v. Commissioner
- 86 F3D 749Goldstein v. Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc.
- 85 F3D 1440Compassion in Dying v. Washington
- 83 F3D 1410Transpac Drilling Venture, 1983-2 v. United States
- 81 F3D 1008Bates v. Department of Corrections of Kansas
- 80 F3D 915Thomasson v. Perry
- 80 F3D 439Thorpe v. Retirement Plan of the Pillsbury Co.
- 80 F3D 426First Financial Insurance v. Roach
- 80 F3D 1315WMX Technologies, Inc. v. Miller
- 8 F3D 28Lexington Insurance Company v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company
- 8 F3D 1442Riggs v. Scindia Steam Navigation Co.
- 8 F3D 130Kalb, Voorhis & Co. v. American Financial Corp.
- 79 F3D 170O'Connell v. Shalala
- 76 F3D 276Hitachi Data System Corp. v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
- 75 F3D 881Gilliam v. Foster
- 75 F3D 716Blackie v. Maine
- 75 F3D 307Dilworth v. Dudley
- 73 F3D 999Ellis v. United Airlines, Inc.
- 72 F3D 137Hilton v. Zavaras
- 72 F3D 1200United States v. Fields
- 71 F3D 920United States v. White
- 71 F3D 52Foster v. Dalton
- 71 F3D 518Heller Financial, Inc. v. Grammco Computer Sales, Inc.
- 7 F3D 828United States v. Wilson
- 69 F3D 556LaShawn A. v. Barry
- 69 F3D 1523Reynolds v. School District No. 1
- 67 F3D 1029Taber v. Maine
- 65 F3D 823Boughton v. Cotter Corp.
- 65 F3D 1086Troster v. Pennsylvania State Department of Corrections
- 63 F3D 71Stella v. Kelley
- 63 F3D 1528Gehl Group v. Koby
- 62 F3D 1512Hilton Davis Chemical Co. v. Warner-Jenkinson Co.
- 61 F3D 142United States v. Dodge
- 58 F3D 1547Merrett v. Moore
- 58 F3D 1498Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc. v. Duracraft Corp.
- 56 F3D 521Affiliated Manufacturers, Inc. v. Aluminum Co. of America
- 56 F3D 1386Ainsworth v. Circle K Convenience Stores, Inc.