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
- 988 F2D 664United States v. Brady
- 988 F2D 493United States v. Adams
- 988 F2D 123United States v. Dessens-Fimbres
- 986 F2D 953Doe v. Duncanville Independent School District
- 986 F2D 451United States v. Daniels
- 986 F2D 1427Jones v. Lujan P
- 985 F2D 575United States v. Ronald K. Clark
- 985 F2D 571Bartholomew v. Rowland
- 985 F2D 553The First Savings Bank, Fsb v. American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, Inc.
- 985 F2D 1036Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Citicorp Diners Club, Inc.
- 984 F2D 1402United States v. Garrett
- 983 F2D 369United States v. Concepcion
- 983 F2D 1369United States v. Salisbury
- 983 F2D 1076First California Bank v. Federal Insurance Company
- 983 F2D 1058United States v. Terry Wayne Hurley
- 982 F2D 531Hubbard v. Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
- 982 F2D 42United States v. Calderone
- 982 F2D 168United States v. Bashaw
- 980 F2D 741Stevenson v. Smith
- 980 F2D 738Ronald F. Smith v. Lamb-Weston, Inc.
- 980 F2D 1472Casey v. Department of State
- 980 F2D 1490Johnson v. Sawyer
- 979 F2D 880United States v. Nueva
- 979 F2D 847Hassell Justus v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor Consolidation Coal Company
- 979 F2D 1024United States v. Lopez
- 978 F2D 716Kathryn M. Shon v. Aetna Casualty & Surety
- 978 F2D 707National Utility Svc. v. Blue Circle Inc
- 978 F2D 1256United States America v. Honeyblue
- 976 F2D 938Guidry v. Halliburton Geophysical Services, Inc.
- 975 F2D 867Webb v. State
- 975 F2D 310Belford v. United States
- 975 F2D 1157Silwany-Rodriguez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 972 F2D 1346United States v. Richard L. Meek
- 971 F2D 1257United States v. Gessa
- 970 F2D 1067Arica Institute, Inc. v. Palmer
- 968 F2D 898Dial v. Commissioner Internal Revenue Service
- 968 F2D 722Grant County Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Resolution Trust Corp.
- 968 F2D 465Gilley v. Collins
- 968 F2D 20Heckert v. Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
- 967 F2D 590Cecilia Osbun Rodriguez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
- 967 F2D 587Interstate Production Credit Ass'n v. Baker
- 966 F2D 1455United States v. Oglesby
- 964 F2D 454United States v. Mitchell
- 963 F2D 350Kenner Parker Toys Inc. v. Rose Art Industries, Inc.
- 962 F2D 14Meyers v. Nagel
- 962 F2D 136Disabled American Veterans v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs
- 961 F2D 867Davis v. United States
- 961 F2D 378LTV Corp. v. Valley Fidelity Bank & Trust Co.