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
- 354 F3D 70United States v. Sanchez
- 351 F3D 988Arizona v. Johnson
- 351 F3D 816United States v. Wainright
- 351 F3D 372Haugen v. Brosseau
- 35 F3D 65Merriam-Webster, Inc. v. Random House, Inc.
- 35 F3D 572In re Sovereign Partners
- 35 F3D 37United States v. Viola
- 348 F3D 16XYZ Corp. v. United States
- 346 F3D 434Miah v. Ashcroft
- 342 F3D 752Civil Liberties for Urban Believers v. City of Chicago
- 340 F3D 1148United States v. Sarracino
- 339 F3D 857Haugen v. Brosseau
- 337 F3D 767Payne v. Pauley
- 333 F3D 628Brown & Root, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 332 F3D 479Stockberger v. United States
- 332 F3D 1307United States v. Osborne
- 331 F3D 499Briggs v. Mississippi
- 331 F3D 140Jarrett v. Town of Yarmouth
- 330 F3D 964United States v. Hernandez
- 33 F3D 59Tinsley v. Lomax
- 33 F3D 1354In re Warmerdam
- 329 F3D 157Lukwago v. Ashcroft
- 328 F3D 837Mt. Clemens General Hospital v. National Labor Relations Board
- 327 F3D 867United States v. Brown
- 326 F3D 8Muniz-Rivera v. United States
- 326 F3D 274United States v. Osbourne
- 325 F3D 243Robertson v. Cockrell
- 324 F3D 1252Watson v. Blue Circle, Inc.
- 323 F3D 841Morris v. CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc.
- 322 F3D 1335Lacks Industries, Inc. v. McKechnie Vehicle Components USA, Inc.
- 322 F3D 1262United States v. Frazier
- 321 F3D 627United States v. Thomas
- 320 F3D 1317Bowers v. Baystate Technologies, Inc.
- 32 F3D 1405Ward v. Westinghouse Canada, Inc.
- 319 F3D 780Matthews v. Abramajtys
- 315 F3D 37Vesprini v. Shaw Contract Flooring Services, Inc.
- 314 F3D 895Indiana Insurance v. Pana Community Unit School District No. 8
- 314 F3D 1362Libas, Ltd. v. United States
- 313 F3D 912United States v. Stines