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
- 268 F3D 1095Epilepsy Foundation of Northeast Ohio v. National Labor Relations Board
- 267 F3D 877Amanda J. ex rel. Annette J. v. Clark County School District
- 263 F3D 42Republic National Bank of New York v. Delta Air Lines
- 262 F3D 1229 Main Street Ltd. Partnership v. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
- 261 F3D 65United States v. Real Property, Buildings, Appurtenances & Improvements Located At 221 Dana Avenue
- 260 F3D 465Poly-America, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 26 F3D 552United States v. Gross
- 254 F3D 226National Public Radio, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 250 F3D 1240Harmon v. Kobrin
- 25 F3D 862United States v. Wiseman
- 25 F3D 1041United States v. Fort
- 249 F3D 1191Estate of Simplot v. Commissioner
- 245 F3D 49Altman v. Bedford Central School District
- 244 F3D 748Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
- 244 F3D 454Valmont Industries, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 236 F3D 883United States ex rel. S & G Excavating, Inc. v. Seaboard Surety Co.
- 236 F3D 495Tosco Corp. v. Communities for a Better Environment
- 232 F3D 270Figueroa-Torres v. Toledo-Dávila
- 232 F3D 1018Short v. Short
- 23 F3D 241Chugach Timber Corp. v. Northern Stevedoring & Handling Corp.
- 229 F3D 397Mediterranean Shipping Co. S.A. Geneva v. Pol-Atlantic
- 227 F3D 352Kentucky Ass'n of Health Plans, Inc. v. Nichols
- 225 F3D 103Sidell v. Commissioner