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
- 218 F3D 609United States v. Hayes
- 21 F3D 426United States v. D Walker
- 21 F3D 1068Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG v. Hantscho Commercial Products, Inc.
- 206 F3D 502Chen v. City of Houston
- 203 F3D 283Rice v. Community Health Ass'n
- 202 F3D 1199GoTo.Com, Inc. v. Walt Disney Co.
- 198 F3D 1265United States v. Magluta
- 198 F3D 107Cureton v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n
- 195 F3D 698Tuttle ex rel. Tuttle v. Arlington County School Board
- 192 F3D 733In re Krueger
- 192 F3D 310Brennan v. Metropolitan Opera Ass'n
- 19 F3D 586Mulhall v. Advance Security, Inc.
- 19 F3D 426Minter v. United States
- 19 F3D 1439Circle Corporation Sn Phelps Co v. Circle K Corp
- 19 F3D 1143Plakas v. Drinski
- 188 F3D 695Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
- 186 F3D 311Lucent Information Management, Inc. v. Lucent Technologies, Inc.
- 183 F3D 730Luckey v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.