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
- 453 F3D 538Progressive Electric, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 45 F3D 435Arnold Del Rio v. National Transportation Safety Board Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
- 449 F3D 1287United States v. Carter
- 446 F3D 964Pinard v. Clatskanie School District 6J
- 445 F3D 1286Giddens v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
- 444 F3D 690Wells Fargo Bank of Texas N.A. v. Sommers
- 444 F3D 6732922 Sherman Avenue Tenants' Ass'n v. District of Columbia
- 44 F3D 1530United States v. Magluta
- 438 F3D 1336Arrington v. Helms
- 437 F3D 556Nye v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
- 436 F3D 751United States v. McLee
- 435 F3D 892DCS Sanitation Management, Inc. v. Castillo
- 432 F3D 373United States v. Buttrick
- 431 F3D 709United States v. Willis
- 43 F3D 1484Ward v. Park Avenue Exploration Corporation
- 43 F3D 1484Unibridge Systems Inc v. Prudential Insurance Company of America M Hamilton
- 43 F3D 1483Cecilia M. Sanchez v. United States
- 43 F3D 1482Cooper v. Vigil-Giron
- 43 F3D 1479Tilahun Lemma v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 428 F3D 543Leal v. Dretke
- 427 F3D 1361Callicrate v. Wadsworth Manufacturing, Inc.
- 425 F3D 560Sims v. Brown
- 423 F3D 1164United States v. Small
- 423 F3D 1085Barker v. Fleming
- 415 F3D 1068El-Hakem v. BJY Inc.
- 414 F3D 659Fisher v. Lovejoy
- 414 F3D 1177United States v. Rodriguez-Aguirre
- 414 F3D 1191Lang v. Lang
- 413 F3D 1146United States v. Taylor
- 412 F3D 864United States v. Carter
- 411 F3D 1252Williams v. Mohawk Industries, Inc.
- 409 F3D 1113Menotti v. City of Seattle
- 407 F3D 852Hammel v. Eau Galle Cheese Factory
- 407 F3D 734Bellum v. PCE Constructors, Inc.
- 407 F3D 418Marina Bay Realty Trust LLC v. United States
- 404 F3D 1245Topeka Housing Authurity v. Johnson