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
- 56 F3D 10Yoonessi v. State University of New York
- 55 F3D 362Federal Housing Partners IV v. Cisneros
- 55 F3D 258Marusic Liquors, Inc. v. Daley
- 54 F3D 387LaSalle Bank Lake View v. Seguban
- 53 F3D 836United States v. Stephenson
- 53 F3D 1181Rohrbaugh v. Celotex Corp.
- 53 F3D 1145Utah v. Babbitt
- 52 F3D 867Stanfield v. Osborne Industries, Inc.
- 52 F3D 338Merila v. Johnson
- 51 F3D 883United States v. Hemmen
- 51 F3D 756Washington v. Delo
- 51 F3D 1421Rebel Oil Co. v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
- 51 F3D 1137Mark v. Borough of Hatboro
- 491 F3D 878Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Co.
- 489 F3D 156Pennsylvania Family Institute, Inc. v. Black
- 489 F3D 1156Phoenix of Broward, Inc. v. McDonald's Corp.
- 489 F3D 1129BUC International Corp. v. International Yacht Council Ltd.
- 488 F3D 225Adkins v. Crown Auto, Inc.
- 488 F3D 1020Oceana, Inc. v. Gutierrez
- 486 F3D 866Micrel, Inc. v. TRW, Inc.
- 486 F3D 267Board of Education of Township High School District No. 211 v. Ross
- 477 F3D 511Shadday v. Omni Hotels Management Corp.
- 476 F3D 180Wishkin v. Potter
- 474 F3D 1265United States v. Turner
- 462 F3D 1314Contreras-Rodriguez v. U.S. Attorney General
- 46 F3D 668United States v. Myers
- 46 F3D 138Foster-Miller, Inc. v. Babcock & Wilcox Canada
- 46 F3D 1185United States v. BCCI Holdings (Luxembourg), S.A.
- 46 F3D 1034Fitzgerald v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.
- 459 F3D 207Segal v. City of New York
- 458 F3D 931Electro Source, LLC v. Brandess-Kalt-Aetna Group, Inc.
- 458 F3D 1212Bridge Capital Investors, II v. Susquehanna Radio Corp.
- 455 F3D 926Hoffman v. Arave
- 454 F3D 108Louis Vuitton Malletier v. Dooney & Bourke, Inc.
- 452 F3D 1226Wexler v. Anderson
- 45 F3D 598Taber v. Maine
- 446 F3D 948Valley Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Riverside
- 445 F3D 460Doe v. Metropolitan Police Department
- 444 F3D 255Jennings v. University of North Carolina
- 443 F3D 112Borinquen Biscuit Corp. v. M.V. Trading Corp.
- 441 F3D 44In re: US v.
- 440 F3D 615Delaware River Stevedores v. DiFidelto
- 440 F3D 375Mortensen v. Commissioner
- 438 F3D 328United States v. Leahy
- 437 F3D 654United States v. O'Neill
- 433 F3D 558Farfaras v. Citizens Bank
- 432 F3D 1368Perricone v. Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp.
- 43 F3D 1491Kickapoo Tribe of Indians v. Babbitt
- 426 F3D 532Malletier v. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp.
- 425 F3D 1313Jackson v. Cintas Corp.