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
- 58 F3D 825United States v. Cutler
- 57 F3D 1080Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Tomlinson
- 56 F3D 1409United States v. Cinca
- 54 F3D 773Barbara Koch James Koch v. Sports Health Home Care Corporation
- 54 F3D 1548Starr v. Pearle Vision, Inc.
- 53 F3D 341United States v. 3 Parcels In La Plata County, Colorado, Et Al.
- 53 F3D 332United States v. Melissa K. Sizemore
- 53 F3D 1019Hargrave v. Freight Distribution Service, Inc.
- 52 F3D 967Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc.
- 52 F3D 941TRM, Inc. v. United States
- 52 F3D 326Simpson v. White T F
- 52 F3D 279Jones v. Babbitt
- 51 F3D 288United States v. Hammoude
- 51 F3D 286Cynthia Goeffert v. Beech Aircraft Corporation
- 51 F3D 285Dutton v. General Motors Corp.
- 51 F3D 269United States v. Ghulam Mohammed Nasim
- 5 F3D 544Arthur G. Williams, Jr. v. Pima County Board of Supervisors
- 490 F3D 351American River Transportation Co. v. U.S. Maritime Services, Inc.
- 486 F3D 1010Harris v. Kuba
- 483 F3D 220United States v. Moussaoui
- 482 F3D 282United States v. Pyles
- 481 F3D 942Ali v. Shaw
- 481 F3D 578Higgins v. Gonzales
- 48 F3D 1508United States v. Armstrong
- 48 F3D 1076Nachtigall v. Class
- 479 F3D 1175Preschooler II v. Clark County School Board of Trustees
- 477 F3D 1189United States v. Triana
- 477 F3D 1002Osborne v. Grussing
- 476 F3D 369United States v. Lewis
- 475 F3D 875United States v. Boyd
- 473 F3D 994Ward v. Circus Circus Casinos, Inc.
- 470 F3D 941Chin Yi Tu v. National Transportation Safety Board
- 470 F3D 311United States v. Groves
- 47 F3D 716Johnson v. Sawyer
- 47 F3D 1178Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Chaves B & C Partnership a a Battaglia B & C
- 47 F3D 1178Woods v. Roberts
- 47 F3D 1167Besh v. Bradley
- 468 F3D 428United States v. Van Eyl
- 456 F3D 109Cabrera-Perez v. Gonzales
- 455 F3D 838Middleton v. Roper