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
- 750 F2D 1394General Electric Co. v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- 750 F2D 1350Natchez Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 749 F2D 154Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. v. Redd Horne, Inc.
- 748 F2D 622Caribbean Sea Transport, Ltd. v. Russo
- 748 F2D 523Carson-Truckee Water Conservancy District v. Secretary
- 747 F2D 801Schroeder v. Lotito
- 747 F2D 567Rea v. Wichita Mortgage Corp.
- 747 F2D 108Sun International Ltd. v. Terrabo Petroleum Co.
- 746 F2D 1033Louisiana World Exposition, Inc. v. Logue
- 745 F2D 56Holenka v. Gold Circle
- 743 F2D 526Gautreaux v. Pierce
- 743 F2D 1033United States v. Doe
- 739 F2D 716McCreary v. Stone
- 739 F2D 245Ellis v. Schweicker
- 737 F2D 1440Lastarmco, Inc. v. Commissioner
- 736 F2D 450Jackson v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
- 734 F2D 1298Brown v. Cooper Clinic, P.A.
- 733 F2D 509Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. A & P Steel, Inc.
- 732 F2D 1444United States v. First National Bank
- 730 F2D 842O'Rourke v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
- 730 F2D 1417Gresham v. Windrush Partners, Ltd.
- 726 F2D 705Belcher Towing Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 726 F2D 661United States v. Williams
- 726 F2D 1018United States v. Johnson
- 719 F2D 815United States v. Blanton
- 717 F2D 700Brink's Inc. v. City of New York
- 716 F2D 1409Scott v. Greenville County
- 713 F2D 1151Volkswagen of America, Inc. v. Robertson
- 712 F2D 1024Bence v. Detroit Health Corp.
- 711 F2D 934Beer Nuts, Inc. v. Clover Club Foods Co.
- 710 F2D 678Silverberg v. Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Inc.
- 710 F2D 1528American National Bank of Jacksonville v. Federal Deposit Insurance
- 710 F2D 1181Gee v. Federal Express Corp.
- 709 F2D 237Lionti v. Lloyd's Insurance
- 706 F2D 523United States v. Ackal
- 706 F2D 187Borman's, Inc. v. Allied Supermarkets, Inc.
- 706 F2D 1435Vail v. Board of Education
- 703 F2D 913Pari Mutuel Clerks Union of Louisiana v. Fair Grounds Corp.
- 703 F2D 891Van-Tex, Inc. v. Pierce
- 703 F2D 586Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Watt
- 703 F2D 1087True Drilling Co. v. Donovan
- 702 F2D 1049United States v. Lipscomb
- 701 F2D 1321United States v. Mers
- 699 F2D 204Farace v. Independent Fire Insurance
- 693 F2D 904National Labor Relations Board v. Bob's Big Boy Family Restaurants
- 693 F2D 189United States v. Lewis
- 691 F2D 898Beckham v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America
- 682 F2D 530United States v. El Paso Co.
- 681 F2D 664Westwood Import Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 681 F2D 121Great Circle Lines, Ltd. v. Matheson & Co.