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
- 398 F2D 836Red Circle Corp. v. United States
- 398 F2D 718Wirtz v. Barnes Grocer Co.
- 398 F2D 204Empire Seafoods, Inc., Appellant-Appellee v. Carl R. Anderson, Appellees-Appellants. Carl R. Anderson and Gerritt A. Gates, Appellants-Appellees v. Empire Seafoods, Inc., Appellee-Appellant. Cleary Bros. Construction Company, Appellant-Appellee v. Empire Seafoods, Inc., Appellees-Appellants
- 396 F2D 89General Electric Company and Electric Mutual Liability Insurance Company v. Cuban American Nickel Company
- 396 F2D 519Commissioner v. Estate of Nelson
- 394 F2D 764Gomez v. Layton
- 391 F2D 478D. C. Federation of Civic Associations, Inc. v. Airis
- 388 F2D 789Otto Milk Co. v. United Dairy Farmers Cooperative Ass'n
- 388 F2D 156H. B. Agsten & Sons, Inc. v. Huntington Trust & Savings Bank
- 385 F2D 102Boulden v. Holman
- 384 F2D 391Autogiro Co. of America v. United States
- 383 F2D 610United States v. Masterson
- 383 F2D 252Hensley Equipment Co. v. Esco Corp.
- 379 F2D 996Loy W. Sockman and Elliott W. Brady v. Robert C. Switzer and Richard A. Ward
- 377 F2D 160Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Circle Equipment Co.
- 375 F2D 767Norwood Earl Redfearn and Jimmy Lamar Ricks v. United States
- 374 F2D 333Gerstenfeld v. Jett
- 372 F2D 806Harris v. Smith
- 372 F2D 256State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Thompson
- 371 F2D 225Hewitt-Robins, Inc. v. Link-Belt Co.
- 364 F2D 769China Union Lines, Ltd., Mitsubishi International Corporation, Lan Jing-Chau, Armement Deppe, S.A. v. A. O. Andersen & Co., American Cyanamid Company
- 364 F2D 493Estella Tenney v. The A.B. & W. Transit Company
- 364 F2D 439Southern Construction Co. v. United States
- 363 F2D 945Standard Oil Co. (Kentucky) v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.
- 362 F2D 736Diapulse Corp. v. Birtcher Corp.
- 362 F2D 403Vernatter v. Allstate Insurance
- 361 F2D 25Kell-Dot Industries, Inc. v. Graves
- 359 F2D 558United States v. Larry E. Webb, United States of America v. Mary Edith Stokely
- 357 F2D 704National State Bank of Newark v. The United States. The Bowery Savings Bank v. The United States
- 357 F2D 402Wilson Jones Co. v. Wildman Jacquard Co.
- 355 F2D 400Borg-Warner Corp. v. Paragon Gear Works, Inc.
- 353 F2D 660Waterman Steamship Corp. v. David
- 351 F2D 740H & R Corp. v. District of Columbia
- 351 F2D 636Rough Diamond Company, Inc., and A. G. Parser Incorporated v. The United States
- 350 F2D 49The Aetna Casualty & Surety Company v. Evelyn Berry and Durwood Douglas Berry
- 350 F2D 479Anita Pritchard, Administratrix of the Estate of Otto E. Pritchard, Deceased v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, a Corporation
- 349 F2D 465Nicholas E. Vernicos Shipping Co. v. United States
- 349 F2D 307Imperial Furniture Co. v. Piedmont Aviation, Inc.
- 348 F2D 823Collins v. Beto
- 344 F2D 673United States ex rel. Martinez-Angosto v. Mason
- 340 F2D 905National Labor Relations Board v. Taxicab Drivers Union, Local 777, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- 340 F2D 820Interstate Commerce Commission v. AAA Con Drivers Exchange, Inc.
- 339 F2D 901Greenwich Marine, Inc. v. S.S. Alexandra
- 337 F2D 907Securities & Exchange Commission v. Crumpton Builders, Inc.
- 337 F2D 68Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America, Local 114
- 335 F2D 417Collins v. Walker
- 331 F2D 974Bain v. M. A. Hanna Co.
- 331 F2D 879Horst v. United States
- 329 F2D 449American Mannex Corporation v. Joe D. Huffstutler, Trustee for Trice Production Company, Bankrupt
- 328 F2D 42Miles Construction Corp. v. Dempster