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
- 180 F3D 426Richardson v. New York State Department of Correctional Service
- 18 F3D 1043Rappa v. New Castle County
- 179 F3D 141District 29, United Mine Workers of America v. United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan
- 178 F3D 212Amos v. Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services
- 174 F3D 515United States v. Anderson
- 171 F3D 1184United States v. Hendricks
- 171 F3D 1133United States v. Hall
- 170 F3D 301Carlyle Towers Condominium Ass'n v. Federal Deposit Insurance
- 170 F3D 1184Vardanega v. Internal Revenue Service
- 17 F3D 969PSI Energy, Inc. v. Exxon Coal USA, Inc.
- 17 F3D 671Carr v. American Red Cross
- 17 F3D 396Lester Charles Thompson v. United States
- 169 F3D 501Keymer v. Management Recruiters International, Inc.
- 168 F3D 574United States v. Brady
- 168 F3D 328Tenner v. Zurek
- 166 F3D 950Alvarado Community Hopital v. Shalala
- 166 F3D 389Lehman v. Revolution Portfolio LLC
- 166 F3D 347Knapp v. Henderson
- 166 F3D 346Ada M. Andrews v. University of Kansas Medical Center
- 164 F3D 311Feeney v. Shipley
- 163 F3D 27I.P. Lund Trading ApS v. Kohler Co.
- 163 F3D 1092Windham v. Merkle
- 162 F3D 154Irving v. United States
- 162 F3D 1173Mallard v. Fields
- 161 F3D 953National Labor Relations Board v. Fluor Daniel, Inc.
- 161 F3D 655Duren v. Hopper
- 161 F3D 299Herman v. Express Sixty-Minutes Delivery Service, Inc.
- 161 F3D 1290Gonzalez v. Lee County Housing Authority
- 161 F3D 1154Keymer v. Management Recruiters International, Inc.
- 160 F3D 562Paine v. City of Lompoc
- 160 F3D 399United States v. Marzano
- 158 F3D 832United States v. Posada-Rios
- 158 F3D 12United States v. Podolsky
- 155 F3D 331Broussard v. Meineke Discount Muffler Shops, Inc.
- 155 F3D 1115Alvarado Community Hospital v. Shalala
- 154 F3D 904Lacks v. Ferguson Reorganized School District R-2
- 153 F3D 727In Re: Royal K. Hunt, Debtor, Royal K. Hunt v. John H. Harr, Assignee of Ernest G. Clark and Verda Clark
- 151 F3D 962Marlar, Inc. v. United States
- 151 F3D 1035Donald Ward v. Post-Tribune Publishing, Inc.
- 15 F3D 443Doe v. Taylor Independent School District