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
- 841 F2D 251Mississippi Lofts, Inc. v. Lexington Insurance
- 841 F2D 207Pony Express Cab & Bus, Inc. v. Ward
- 841 F2D 1567Glenn v. General Motors Corp.
- 840 F2D 942In re Monroe Communications Corp.
- 840 F2D 421Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. Yampol
- 840 F2D 1547National Corn Growers Ass'n v. Baker
- 839 F2D 854United States v. Aguirre
- 838 F2D 551ALLTEL Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 838 F2D 249Sioux Falls Cable Television v. South Dakota
- 835 F2D 874In Re Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- 835 F2D 570Schneider v. Lynaugh
- 835 F2D 399Boston University Chapter, American Ass'n of University Professors v. National Labor Relations Board
- 835 F2D 1250Rule ex rel. Rule v. Lutheran Hospitals & Homes Society of America
- 834 F2D 229Colonial Penn Group, Inc., and Bay Loan and Investment Bank v. Colonial Deposit Company
- 833 F2D 709Marshall v. Young
- 833 F2D 1059Martha's Vineyard Scuba Headquarters, Inc. v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Steam Vessel
- 830 F2D 404Federal Trade Commission v. Standard Financial Management Corp.
- 827 F2D 1058Mozert v. Hawkins County Board of Education
- 825 F2D 1440Klepper v. City of Milford
- 825 F2D 1324George L. Barry v. Otis R. Bowen
- 824 F2D 96Trahan v. Regan
- 819 F2D 1471Cerro Gordo Charity v. Fireman's Fund American Life Insurance
- 818 F2D 380Garziano v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
- 817 F2D 83Houston v. National General Insurance
- 817 F2D 1355United States v. Schulman
- 813 F2D 137Bobby Glen Hall, Individually and as Next Friend and Natural Guardian of Tony Eugene Hall v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, Bobby Glen Hall, Individually and as Next Friend and Natural Guardian of Tony Eugene Hall v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
- 812 F2D 874Henderson v. Carlson
- 812 F2D 729Daniels v. Wick
- 811 F2D 511Sunward Corp. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
- 811 F2D 1532Holt v. Winpisinger
- 809 F2D 1514United States v. Lawson
- 808 F2D 912United States v. Meyer
- 808 F2D 690Kirksey v. Heckler
- 808 F2D 271Rad Services, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
- 807 F2D 1478Castaneda v. United States Department of Agriculture
- 802 F2D 948Prater v. U.S. Parole Commission
- 802 F2D 849United States v. Saussy
- 801 F2D 46Machleder v. Diaz
- 801 F2D 1477United States v. Mahar
- 800 F2D 59Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. v. Aveco, Inc.
- 797 F2D 297Kennedy v. City of Cleveland
- 797 F2D 206Patton-Tully Transportation Co. v. Ratliff
- 796 F2D 281United States v. Moses
- 795 F2D 940Kilpatrick Marine Piling v. Fireman's Fund Insurance
- 794 F2D 850Premier Dental Products Co. v. Darby Dental Supply Co.
- 793 F2D 1416Reese v. Mercury Marine Division of Brunswick Corp.
- 792 F2D 726National Football League v. McBee & Bruno's, Inc.
- 792 F2D 515Clements v. Steele
- 790 F2D 874Eaton Corp. v. Appliance Valves Corp.