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
- 310 F3D 414Esparza v. Mitchell
- 309 F3D 54Jarrett v. Town of Yarmouth
- 308 F3D 673Payton v. County of Kane
- 308 F3D 1267In re Huston
- 305 F3D 520Skousen v. Brighton High School
- 302 F3D 343Refinery Holding Co. v. TRMI Holdings, Inc.
- 302 F3D 1334Bowers v. Baystate Technologies, Inc.
- 300 F3D 1272Knight v. Jacobson
- 30 F3D 139Antablian v. State Board of Equalization
- 30 F3D 139Guardado v. Stainer
- 30 F3D 139Blue Circle Atlantic Inc v. Hill Top Developers Inc
- 30 F3D 1088Pit River Home & Agricultural Cooperative Ass'n v. United States
- 3 F3D 1578United States v. Darmand
- 298 F3D 814Alaska v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
- 297 F3D 662TE-TA-MA Truth Foundation-Family of URI, Inc. v. World Church of the Creator
- 296 F3D 219United States v. Sayles
- 293 F3D 570Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church v. City of New York
- 293 F3D 481Duty v. Norton-Alcoa Proppants
- 292 F3D 757Seattle Opera v. National Labor Relations Board
- 292 F3D 1078Solano v. Playgirl, Inc.
- 290 F3D 768Conwood Co. v. United States Tobacco Co.
- 29 F3D 635United States v. Fairly
- 29 F3D 630Alvarez v. McNary
- 29 F3D 1195United States v. Nash
- 288 F3D 732Grutter v. Bollinger
- 284 F3D 236Cavallaro v. United States
- 284 F3D 1237Bailey v. Allgas, Inc.
- 283 F3D 1286Blasland, Bouck & Lee, Inc. v. City of North Miami
- 281 F3D 278United States v. Bradshaw
- 281 F3D 1287Sturdza v. United Arab Emirates
- 28 F3D 107Meyers v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- 28 F3D 105Federal Trade Commission v. Stricker
- 28 F3D 105Brooks v. Cook
- 279 F3D 669Circle K Corp. v. Houlihan, Lokey, Howard & Zukin, Inc.
- 278 F3D 261Beaumont v. Federal Election Commission
- 278 F3D 1156United States v. Vanmeter
- 276 F3D 1032Minnesota Ass'n of Nurse Anesthetists v. Allina Health System Corp.
- 275 F3D 391Trulock v. Freeh
- 275 F3D 1137Tradesmen International, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 272 F3D 1150Circle K Corp. v. Houlihan, Lokey, Howard & Zukin, Inc.