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
- 78 F3D 595United States v. Basler Turbo-67 Conversion Dc-3 Aircraft (1), and Innovair Aviation Ltd. And Bryan Carmichael, Claimants-Appellants
- 77 F3D 503Kransco Manufacturing Inc v. Hayes Specialties Corporation
- 76 F3D 1381Nixon v. Kent County
- 75 F3D 1470United States v. 9844 South Titan Court, Unit 9
- 74 F3D 1227Saastopankkien Keskus-Osake-Pankki, v. Great Cruz Bay Development Company, Inc
- 73 F3D 666United States v. Moore
- 73 F3D 1470United States v. Sarno
- 73 F3D 1111Pilon v. United States Department of Justice
- 72 F3D 1518United States v. Beasley
- 72 F3D 138Jones v. Tiller
- 71 F3D 876O'Neal Brothers v. Circle Inc. D
- 70 F3D 1275United States v. 6611 South Ingleside Appeal of Gloria Steele
- 70 F3D 1272Lewis v. McDonald's Corporation
- 70 F3D 115Essex Insurance Company v. Ll Merrill
- 7 F3D 1046United States v. Ubanda-Hernandez
- 69 F3D 547Bituminous Casualty Corporation v. St. Clair Lime Company Homer H. Dunlap, Doing Business as St. Clair Lime Company, General Partner
- 69 F3D 544Scanlon Birkner v. San Francisco Unified School District
- 69 F3D 1417United States v. Golb
- 68 F3D 788Harvey & Harvey, Inc. v. County of Chester
- 68 F3D 484Towle v. Flexel Corporation
- 68 F3D 483Lepiscopo v. Thomas
- 68 F3D 462United States v. Curtis Dean Kerr
- 67 F3D 790United States v. Watts
- 67 F3D 307National Labor Relations Board v. Valley West Health Care Inc
- 67 F3D 306Ferrell v. County of San Diego
- 66 F3D 338Bangert Brothers Construction Company, Inc. v. Americas Insurance Company, Allendale Mutual Insurance Company
- 66 F3D 336Stokes v. Kiethly
- 66 F3D 1402Doe v. Rains County Independent School District
- 65 F3D 814United States v. Gonzales
- 64 F3D 669Alco Capital Resource, Inc. v. Picture It, Inc., a California Corporation, and Rodney Catalano, an Individual
- 62 F3D 501Ragan v. Tri-County Excavating, Inc.
- 62 F3D 1418David Lee Whitis v. United States
- 61 F3D 382Hester v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
- 60 F3D 838William F. Zuls v. United States
- 60 F3D 505Manzano v. South Dakota Department of Social Services
- 60 F3D 469Peterson v. City of Plymouth
- 6 F3D 829William C. Latham v. National Transportation Safety Board and Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
- 59 F3D 510United States v. Wadley
- 59 F3D 368T.G.I. Friday's Inc. v. National Restaurants Management, Inc.
- 59 F3D 1479United States v. Dean
- 59 F3D 1151United States v. Ruiz