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
- 201 US 529Cleveland v. Cleveland Electric Railway Co.
- 194 US 517City of Cleveland v. Cleveland City Railway Co.
- 97 US 348Marsh v. Seymour
- 97 US 189Ashcroft v. Railroad Co.
- 92 US 426Ives v. Hamilton
- 91 US 37Brown v. Piper
- 8 US 241Rose v. Himely
- 71 US 2Brobst v. Brobst
- 181 US 29Interstate Commerce Commission v. Clyde Steamship Co.
- 179 US 77Hubbell v. United States
- 167 US 548Bauman v. Ross
- 123 US 87Parker & Whipple Co. v. Yale Clock Co.
- 40 US 52Mitchel v. United States
- 108 US 184City of Savannah v. Kelly
- 545 US 1Gonzalez v Raich
- 49 F1D 276Jaros Hygienic Underwear Co. v. Simons
- 26 F1D 293Royal Baking Powder Co. v. Davis
- 49 F1D 274Hammond Buckle Co. v. Goodyear Rubber Co.
- 31 F1D 607Kelly v. Hedden
- 46 F1D 289Wellman & Dwire Tobacco Co. v. Ware Tobacco-Works
- 72 F1D 603Investor Pub. Co. v. Dobinson
- 19 F1D 412Chicago Tire & Spring Works Co. v. Spaulding
- 80 F1D 121Von Schmidt v. Bowers
- 66 F1D 765De La Vergne Bottle & Seal Co. v. Valentine Blatz Brewing Co.
- 82 F1D 562A. J. White, Ltd. v. Pease
- 72 F1D 266Platt v. Bryant Electric Co.
- 43 F1D 795Delvin v. Heise
- 58 F1D 246Converse v. Matthews
- 33 F1D 261Washburn & Moen Manuf'g Co. v. Beat-Em-All Barb-Wire Co.
- 92 F1D 274Hadden v. Dooley
- 50 F1D 274Brickill v. Mayor of Baltimore
- 86 F1D 646Drinnen v. Western Wheeled Scraper Co.
- 74 F1D 936Clark Thread Co. v. Armitage
- 88 F1D 82Union Ry. Co. v. Sprague Electric Railway & Motor Co.
- 53 F1D 789Fachri v. Magone
- 66 F1D 305Caverly v. Deere
- 2 F1D 41Beals v. Neddo
- 1 F1D 24Sawyer v. Horn
- 23 F1D 551The Pennland
- 57 F1D 742Forgie v. Oil-Well Supply Co.
- 11 F1D 896Elfelt v. Steinhart
- 76 F1D 183Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co.
- 11 F1D 706Singer Manuf'g Co. v. Riley
- 81 F1D 854Gaskill v. Myers
- 26 F1D 456The City of Atlanta
- 27 F1D 217Halliday v. Covel
- 53 F1D 916Roberts v. H. P. Nail Co.
- 50 F1D 277G. G. White Co. v. Miller
- 86 F1D 803In re Demarest