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
- 421 F3D 1237LeCroy v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
- 420 F3D 1022Manufactured Home Communities Inc. v. City of San Jose
- 417 F3D 598Taylor Steel, Inc. v. Keeton
- 412 F3D 373Star Industries, Inc. v. Bacardi & Co.
- 412 F3D 215Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary v. QLT Phototherapeutics, Inc.
- 403 F3D 1331SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. Apotex Corp.
- 400 F3D 901Playtex Products, Inc. v. Procter & Gamble Co.
- 400 F3D 765Meyers v. Redwood City
- 400 F3D 1313Purcell ex rel. Estate of Morgan v. Toombs County, GA
- 400 F3D 1007Incredible Technologies, Inc. v. Virtual Technologies, Inc.
- 4 F3D 465Hartman v. Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508
- 4 F3D 1084Wahlstrom v. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- 398 F3D 802United States v. Min Yoon
- 398 F3D 1071Eliserio v. United Steelworkers Local 310
- 397 F3D 826Chavez v. New Mexico
- 396 F3D 1168Taucher v. Brown-Hruska
- 394 F3D 813Marcus v. McCollum
- 394 F3D 540Foss v. Bear, Stearns & Co.
- 393 F3D 1143Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp.
- 39 F3D 269Noland v. McAdoo
- 389 F3D 1149United States v. $242,484.00
- 387 F3D 705Midwest Oilseeds, Inc. v. Limagrain Genetics Corp.
- 386 F3D 1133On-Line Technologies, Inc. v. Bodenseewerk Perkin-Elmer GmbH
- 383 F3D 638United States v. Washburn
- 383 F3D 110Citizens Financial Group, Inc. v. Citizens National Bank
- 381 F3D 671Schadel v. Iowa Interstate Railroad
- 380 F3D 219Arbaugh v. Y&H Corp.
- 376 F3D 894Playmakers LLC v. ESPN, Inc.
- 376 F3D 1223Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians v. Nielson ex rel. Utah Department of Environmental Quality
- 374 F3D 15Gary S. v. Manchester School District
- 37 F3D 804Pagnucco v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.
- 37 F3D 712Sanchez v. Puerto Rico Oil Co.
- 37 F3D 629Solis v. Circle K. Corp.
- 369 F3D 998XCO International Inc. v. Pacific Scientific Co.
- 366 F3D 238Egervary v. Young
- 365 F3D 1306SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. Apotex Corp.
- 364 F3D 613United States v. Brugman
- 363 F3D 815United States v. Maxwell
- 363 F3D 1219Summit Technology, Inc. v. Nidek Co.
- 363 F3D 1013Universal Health Services Inc. v. Thompson
- 358 F3D 694Pittsburg County Rural Water District No. 7 v. City of McAlester
- 353 F3D 832Aspen Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, LLC v. Aspen Valley Hospital District
- 353 F3D 528Ty Inc. v. Softbelly's, Inc.
- 35 F3D 929United States v. Kelly
- 35 F3D 662United States v. Macchia
- 349 F3D 436McFowler v. Jaimet
- 349 F3D 376Cromeens, Holloman, Sibert, Inc. v. AB Volvo
- 347 F3D 985Sirotzky v. New York Stock Exchange
- 346 F3D 1260Pittsburg County Rural Water District No. 7 v. City of McAlester
- 344 F3D 103Gomez v. Rivera Rodriguez