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
- 402 F3D 598Beard v. Whitmore Lake School District
- 40 F3D 320United States v. Section 17 Township 23 North, Range 22 East of the IBM
- 40 F3D 1111United States v. McCurdy
- 4 F3D 369Johnson v. Sawyer
- 399 F3D 1216Marquez v. City of Albuquerque
- 399 F3D 1118United States v. Rodriguez-Preciado
- 396 F3D 751United States v. Jenkins
- 395 F3D 78United States v. Schneider
- 394 F3D 1047Knutson v. AG Processing, Inc.
- 393 F3D 550Chembulk Trading LLC v. Chemex Ltd.
- 391 F3D 147Doe v. Menefee
- 390 F3D 840United States v. Andrews
- 39 F3D 1105Morris v. City of Hobart
- 388 F3D 896United States v. Edwards
- 388 F3D 722Mihalev v. Ashcroft
- 386 F3D 1042United States v. Maxwell
- 385 F3D 915Nischwitz v. Miskovic
- 375 F3D 537Sierra Club v. Environmental Protection Agency
- 375 F3D 1341Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc.
- 375 F3D 1219United States v. Soto
- 374 F3D 236United States v. Minutoli
- 373 F3D 786AutoZone, Inc. v. Tandy Corp.
- 371 F3D 257Kimbell v. United States
- 370 F3D 565Bacon v. Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc.
- 37 F3D 1541Foretich v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
- 369 F3D 948United States v. Lentsch
- 367 F3D 485Bursztajn v. United States
- 361 F3D 849Miller-El v. Dretke
- 361 F3D 1134Galvin v. Hay
- 360 F3D 216United States v. Castro-Gomez
- 359 F3D 977United States v. Crenshaw
- 358 F3D 110Sullivan v. Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.
- 357 F3D 649Eco Manufacturing LLC v. Honeywell International Inc.
- 357 F3D 1061United States v. Delgado
- 356 F3D 1078Neilson v. United States