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
- 42 F1D 363Henry v. Travelers' Ins.
- 67 F1D 896Clark Thread Co. v. Armitage
- 80 F1D 988Peirce v. Bane
- 45 F1D 299Henry v. Travelers' Ins.
- 5 F1D 680The Mussel Slough Case
- 35 F1D 68Ansonia Brass & Copper Co. v. Electric Supply Co.
- 54 F1D 715Kaestner v. National Brewing Co.
- 56 F1D 951St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. Newcom
- 69 F1D 731Ohio Rake Co. v. Dayton Farm Implement Co.
- 45 F1D 693Davis v. Parkman
- 15 F1D 312Barber v. Connecticut Mutual Life Ins.
- 42 F1D 729Squair v. Lookout Mountain Co.
- 9 F1D 647Davis v. Brown
- 92 F1D 522The William J. Lipsett
- 17 F1D 450Cowell v. Sessions
- 19 F1D 810Hendryx v. Fitzpatrick
- 70 F1D 66Packard v. Lacing Stud Co.
- 8 F1D 509American Bell Telephone Co. v. Spencer
- 61 F1D 24Coe v. Aiken
- 80 F1D 986Dadirrian v. Guldian
- 52 F1D 471Gamewell Fire Alarm Tel. Co. v. Municipal Signal Co.
- 83 F1D 249Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.
- 60 F1D 900H. W. Johns Manuf'g Co. v. Robertson
- 37 F1D 785Brewster v. Shuler
- 93 F1D 507The Shady Side
- 63 F1D 962Westinghouse Air-Brake Co. v. New York Air-Brake Co.
- 75 F1D 400Western Mineral Wool & Insulating Fibre Co. v. Globe Mineral Wool Co.
- 76 F1D 670Walker v. City of Denver
- 85 F1D 218Frederick R. Stearns & Co. v. Russell
- 66 F1D 552Wall v. Leck
- 63 F1D 275Loveland Transp. Co. v. Crescent Transp. Co.
- 67 F1D 1008California Fig Syrup Co. v. Stearns
- 40 F1D 887Hobbie v. Jennison
- 77 F1D 942Interstate Commerce Commission v. Bellaire, Z. & C. Ry. Co.
- 81 F1D 182Campbell v. Mayor of New York
- 73 F1D 409Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & N. R.
- 39 F1D 608Morss v. Knapp
- 71 F1D 970Caldwell v. Powell
- 82 F1D 642Continental Trust Co. v. Toledo, St. L. & K. C. R.
- 45 F1D 362Hitchcock v. Wanzer Lamp Co.
- 14 F1D 422Pedersen v. Eugster
- 76 F1D 981Independent Electric Co. v. Jeffrey Manuf'g Co.
- 95 F1D 982MacColl v. Knowles Loom Works
- 19 F1D 411Elgin Watch Co. v. Spaulding
- 56 F1D 224New York Paper-Bag Mach. & Manuf'g Co. v. Hollingsworth & Whitney Co.
- 53 F1D 182Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Kansas City, W. & N. W. R.