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
- 97 F3D 1218Chateaubriand v. Gaspard
- 96 F3D 1495United States v. Duran
- 96 F3D 1095Kehoe v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
- 95 F3D 1028Englander v. Mills
- 94 F3D 932United States v. Ho
- 92 F3D 39Saint John Marine Co. v. United States
- 91 F3D 699United States v. Branch
- 91 F3D 170Circle, Inc. v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of the Army
- 91 F3D 154Reich v. Japan Enterprises Corporation
- 91 F3D 135United States v. Paula v. Moss
- 91 F3D 134Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company, a California Corporation v. Launeil Sanders
- 91 F3D 129Circle Lanes, Incorporated v. Time Inc., a Delaware Corporation Ned Zeman
- 91 F3D 1105Wright v. Willamette Industries, Inc.
- 90 F3D 903United States v. Taylor
- 90 F3D 490United States v. Williams-Davis
- 90 F3D 1150Mitchellace, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 9 F3D 1442United States v. Acuna
- 9 F3D 117Cyriacus Chigozie Ohaya v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
- 9 F3D 110We Note, However, That This Particular Argument Was Rejected in United States v. 316 Units of Mun. Sec., 725 F.supp. 172 :
- 9 F3D 110United States v. H Curtsinger
- 89 F3D 858Texas Municipal Power Agency v. Environmental Protection Agency
- 89 F3D 851Price v. Public Service CO
- 89 F3D 838Pettiford v. Tm Lesher
- 89 F3D 614Allen v. Academic Games League of America, Inc.
- 89 F3D 187United States v. Trevino
- 88 F3D 845United States v. Jackson
- 88 F3D 780SmileCare Dental Group v. Delta Dental Plan of California, Inc.
- 87 F3D 1559Litton Systems, Inc. v. Honeywell, Inc.
- 86 F3D 1423Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Chicago Club
- 86 F3D 1391Martin v. Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
- 85 F3D 641Oliver M. Redmond v. Day & Zimmerman, Inc.
- 85 F3D 617United States v. Charles L. Grover, United States of America v. Christopher Harris, United States of America v. Charles Dorsey
- 84 F3D 790United States v. Bates
- 84 F3D 441United States v. Xulam
- 84 F3D 1194Bagdadi v. Nazar
- 83 F3D 108United States v. Wadley
- 82 F3D 642Cigna Healthplan of Louisiana, Inc. v. Louisiana ex rel. Ieyoub
- 82 F3D 427United States v. Alonzo Kaven Stewart
- 82 F3D 426Irene John v. T & R Market, Inc.
- 81 F3D 31Chastant v. Headrick Outdoor Inc.
- 81 F3D 150Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Taubman Company Incorporated
- 8 F3D 704United States v. Ramos-Rascon
- 8 F3D 31United States v. Hardrives Inc
- 8 F3D 1552United States v. Thomas
- 79 F3D 609Harrison v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
- 79 F3D 1153Lord-Butcher
- 78 F3D 597J. Thomas Hares v. Tulsa Housing Authority, Sued As: The Housing Authority of the City of Tulsa