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
- 86 F1D 633Perry v. Revere Rubber Co.
- 41 F1D 387David Bradley Manuf'g Co. v. J. Thompson & Sons, Ltd.
- 10 F1D 130Barber v. Hallett
- 89 F1D 160Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias v. Withers
- 59 F1D 581Westinghouse v. New York Air-Brake Co.
- 46 F1D 290Lawrence v. The W. F. Brown
- 86 F1D 608Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Co. v. Eagle
- 55 F1D 409Gates Iron Works v. Fraser
- 5 F1D 523Holmes v. Oregon & California Ry. Co.
- 26 F1D 292Hammerschlag Manuf'g Co. v. Judd
- 26 F1D 636Hudnut v. Lafayette Hominy Mills
- 29 F1D 347Hyman v. Wheeler
- 66 F1D 303Rosenfeld v. United States
- 20 F1D 741The Mary Ida
- 74 F1D 73Whaley v. American Freehold Land-Mortg. Co. of London
- 45 F1D 414United States v. Harmon
- 74 F1D 70Interstate Commerce Commission v. Northeastern R.
- 10 F1D 838Hostetter v. Adams
- 52 F1D 205Fox v. Perkins
- 17 F1D 336Moffitt v. Cavanagh
- 52 F1D 479Sheldrake v. Chatfield
- 25 F1D 144Sawyer v. Massey
- 95 F1D 664Cushman Paper Box Mach. Co. v. Goddard
- 30 F1D 729Curtiss v. Hurd
- 84 F1D 977Chicago Sugar-Refining Co. v. Charles Pope Glucose Co.
- 92 F1D 623Waldo v. American Soda Fountain Co.
- 16 F1D 109United States v. Rondeau
- 77 F1D 473United States v. The James G. Swan
- 25 F1D 125Southern White Lead Co. v. Cary
- 23 F1D 252Parker v. Stow
- 55 F1D 390Dixon-Woods Co. v. Pfeifer
- 18 F1D 724The Edwin H. Webster
- 95 F1D 669Edison Electric Light Co. v. Peninsular Light, Power & Heat Co.
- 94 F1D 845Fruit Cleaning Co. v. Fresno Home-Packing Co.
- 63 F1D 597Beach v. American Box-Machine Co.
- 17 F1D 847Alabama
- 8 F1D 513Palmer v. Gatling Gun Co.
- 82 F1D 662Johnson & Johnson v. Bauer & Black
- 50 F1D 545Robbins v. Columbus Watch Co.
- 65 F1D 23Wetzel v. Minnesota Railway Transfer Co.
- 14 F1D 419Carr v. Austin & N. W. R.
- 27 F1D 490Davis v. Davis
- 34 F1D 546Cleugh v. The Britannia
- 41 F1D 215Chittenden v. Mallory
- 83 F1D 611Interstate Commerce Commission v. Northeastern R.
- 10 F1D 406Buford v. Strother
- 74 F1D 715Interstate Commerce Commission v. Alabama Midland Ry. Co.