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
- 673 F2D 91Candies Towing Co. v. M/V B & C Eserman
- 672 F2D 334Berroyer v. Hertz
- 670 F2D 1378Ostrofe v. H. S. Crocker Co.
- 668 F2D 304Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Bay Shipbuilding Corp.
- 666 F2D 690In re United States
- 664 F2D 45Robinson v. Zapata Corp.
- 662 F2D 470Scherschligt v. Empire Fire & Marine Insurance
- 662 F2D 102Grendel's Den, Inc. v. Goodwin
- 661 F2D 708Mulholland v. Schneider Service Co.
- 660 F2D 44United States v. Place
- 659 F2D 851Villanueva v. George
- 659 F2D 1314Mississippi River Grain Elevator, Inc. v. Bartlett & Co., Grain
- 657 F2D 1076Jonas v. United States Small Business Administration
- 655 F2D 478United States v. Gordon
- 655 F2D 206Lewis F. Stevens and Elvira B. Stevens v. F/v Bonnie Doon, Her Engines, MacHinery Tackle, Etc. Gene Koblick, an Individual
- 655 F2D 1257Boutros v. Riggs National Bank
- 655 F2D 1346Washington v. Watkins
- 654 F2D 688Circle v. Jim Walter Homes, Inc.
- 654 F2D 578Fisher v. City of Huntington Beach
- 654 F2D 1015Darien Bank v. Travelers Indemnity Co.
- 650 F2D 463E. L. Wiegand Division v. National Labor Relations Board
- 647 F2D 924National Labor Relations Board v. Circle A & W Products Co.
- 647 F2D 876United States v. Penn
- 645 F2D 183Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Ford Motor Co.
- 640 F2D 560Treasure Salvors, Inc. v. Unidentified Wrecked & Abandoned Sailing Vessel
- 639 F2D 6John Donnelly & Sons v. Campbell
- 637 F2D 924Gilfillan v. City of Philadelphia
- 637 F2D 1060Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. Revilo Corp.
- 636 F2D 807Mitsui & Co. v. American Export Lines, Inc.
- 636 F2D 714de Magno v. United States
- 635 F2D 571Ashley v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
- 634 F2D 1383Bleaufontaine, Inc. v. Roland International
- 633 F2D 1195Dallas Stage Employees Local Union 127 v. National Labor Relations Board
- 625 F2D 390Borger v. Yamaha International Corp.
- 621 F2D 984Casady v. Bucher
- 621 F2D 471Concerned Jewish Youth v. McGuire
- 621 F2D 441Homefinders of America, Inc. v. Providence Journal Co.
- 620 F2D 551United States v. Alfrey
- 620 F2D 356Moran Towing & Transportation Co. v. City of New York
- 619 F2D 167Sindona v. Grant
- 617 F2D 1335Pegasus Fund, Inc. v. Laraneta
- 616 F2D 719Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Aetna Insurance
- 614 F2D 1322United States v. City of Miami
- 613 F2D 890International Longshoremen's Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board
- 612 F2D 73United States v. Schiff
- 612 F2D 319United States v. Dupris
- 612 F2D 285McElearney v. University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Campus
- 612 F2D 180United States v. Alfrey
- 612 F2D 1139United States v. Clardy
- 607 F2D 805Dobson v. Bacon Transport Co.