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
- 15 F3D 1088Rhee v. El Camino Hosp. Staff
- 145 F3D 834Don Lee Distributor, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 144 F3D 513Thomas v. Gilmore
- 143 F3D 434Schiernbeck v. Davis
- 141 F3D 892Hood v. Helling
- 14 F3D 998Brady Development Co. v. Resolution Trust Corp.
- 14 F3D 1133Rice v. Ohio Department of Transportation
- 139 F3D 911Goines v. Hill
- 139 F3D 34United States v. Mangual-Corchado
- 138 F3D 431Barker v. United States Department of Labor
- 137 F3D 1126Byrd v. Guess
- 136 F3D 1388United States v. Trujillo
- 133 F3D 926Conterez v. United Steelworkers C 338
- 132 F3D 39Hammons Full Circle Distributing v. Alcan Aluminum Corp
- 132 F3D 37Billy J. Torain v. Siemens Rolm Communications, Inc.
- 131 F3D 147Lucas v. Jc Penney Company Inc
- 131 F3D 1392United States v. Smith
- 13 F3D 888Randall ex rel. Estate of Randall v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
- 13 F3D 786United States v. Taylor
- 129 F3D 681United States v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 129 F3D 130David Leslie Brown, Jr. v. Cherie Miller Sales Dewey Patterson Beth McGuiz
- 129 F3D 1268Taurus Holding Company of America, Incorporated, and Leoco v. Reginald Thompson, Julia Thompson, T.L.C. Gem Labs, Incorporated
- 127 F3D 904Coleman Oil Co. v. Circle K Corp.
- 126 F3D 1302United States v. Engelhard Corp.
- 125 F3D 861Bernal v. Lytle
- 123 F3D 51Elewski v. City of Syracuse
- 123 F3D 1342Finley v. United States
- 123 F3D 111Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. v. Magnesium Elektron, Inc.
- 120 F3D 270Farber v. State Farm Mutual
- 12 F3D 527Kepner-Tregoe, Inc. v. Leadership Software, Inc.
- 12 F3D 215United States v. Cordelia Williams
- 12 F3D 1061In re Harvey
- 119 F3D 630United States v. Wright
- 117 F3D 421McDaniel v. Appraisal Institute
- 117 F3D 1081Sheng v. Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- 116 F3D 749Wheeler v. United States
- 116 F3D 550In re Sealed Case
- 116 F3D 1487United States v. Michael E. Harkey
- 116 F3D 1485Ingle Company Inc Ingle Company Inc v. Videotours Inc
- 116 F3D 1351Suder v. Blue Circle, Inc.
- 115 F3D 1111In re Reading Co.