City
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
- 548 F2D 559Marvin Meltzer, Etc. v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange County, Florida, Etc.
- 548 F2D 1194United States v. Brown
- 544 F2D 393United States v. Transport Indemnity Co.
- 541 F2D 1292Minnesota Public Interest Research Group v. Butz
- 541 F2D 1018E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Train
- 540 F2D 699Doctor v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Co.
- 540 F2D 629Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
- 539 F2D 882William F. Buckley, Jr. v. Franklin H. Littell
- 537 F2D 706International Longshoremen's Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board
- 537 F2D 296United States v. Empire Gas Corp.
- 535 F2D 583Circle v. Jim Walter Homes, Inc.
- 535 F2D 533EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant-Appellee
- 535 F2D 1326United States ex rel. Capitol Electric Supply Co. v. C. J. Electrical Contractors, Inc.
- 527 F2D 1282Joseph Rodriguez v. Olaf Pedersen's Rederi A/s, and Third-Party v. American Stevedores, Inc., Third-Party and A. M. Kristopher Co., Inc., Third-Party
- 524 F2D 1138Parents' Committee of Public School 19 v. Community School Board of Community School District No. 14
- 523 F2D 1317Helix Milling Co. v. Terminal Flour Mills Co.
- 522 F2D 333Rich v. Martin Marietta Corp.
- 521 F2D 971District of Columbia v. Train
- 521 F2D 771Young v. Ethyl Corp.
- 521 F2D 31Griffith v. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp.
- 521 F2D 1269Long Island Lighting Co. v. Standard Oil Co. of California
- 520 F2D 737William Lorance v. Marion Power Shovel Company, Inc., a Corporation, Marion Power Shovel Company, Inc., a Corporation, Third-Party v. American Smelting and Refining Co., a Corporation, Third-Party
- 519 F2D 821Buckley v. Valeo
- 518 F2D 990Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
- 517 F2D 1059M. C. Manufacturing Co. v. Texas Foundries, Inc.
- 516 F2D 1081Anning-Johnson Co. v. United States Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
- 512 F2D 720Bonnie E. Brock v. Jack B. Bunton
- 512 F2D 458United States v. Goble
- 511 F2D 38United States v. Johnnie Holland
- 511 F2D 1252Fairmont Shipping Corp. And Fairwinds Ocean Carriers Corp., Owners of the Steamship Western Eagle v. Chevron International Oil Company, Inc.
- 510 F2D 512United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburgh, Inc. v. Wilson
- 510 F2D 134010 Fair empl.prac.cas. 404, 9 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9865 Henry Lee Rogers, Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. International Paper Company, Appellees-Cross-Appellants
- 510 F2D 1140Hudson Valley Corp. v. Tougher Heating & Plumbing Co.
- 508 F2D 1260Blue Bell, Inc. v. Farah Manufacturing Co.
- 507 F2D 569F. M. Ferguson v. J H N Cattle Company, a Partnership Composed of Bryant A. Harris
- 507 F2D 1148United States v. Robertson
- 505 F2D 26Charles P. McCawley v. Ozeanosun Compania, Maritime, S.A., Defendant-Third-Party v. Gulfwide Stevedoring Corporation, Third-Party-Defendant-Appellant
- 504 F2D 646South Terminal Corp. v. Environmental Protection Agency
- 504 F2D 469Daniel Avena v. Clauss & Co., and Third-Party v. Maude James, Inc., Third-Party
- 502 F2D 645United States v. Lyle B. Snider, United States of America v. Lyle B. Snider, and Sue T. Snider
- 501 F2D 1052CIRCLE K CORPORATION, INC,. Petitioner-Appellee, v. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Respondent-Appellant
- 499 F2D 1140United States v. McGovern
- 497 F2D 832United States of America and L. J. Marberry, Revenue Agent v. Robert J. Awerkamp
- 497 F2D 370Hamilton ex rel. Hamilton v. United States
- 495 F2D 830Erie Lackawanna Railway Co. v. Timpany
- 494 F2D 317American Home Assurance Co. v. Insular Underwriters Corp.
- 494 F2D 1301Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,494 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Harris A. Shapiro, Norman Berman
- 493 F2D 1002Breeden v. Weinberger
- 492 F2D 919Walston v. County School Board of Nansemond County, Virginia
- 492 F2D 474Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Rickard