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
- 961 F2D 1579S. Rosenthal & Co., Inc. v. Hantscho, Inc.
- 960 F2D 145Blue Circle Atlantic, Incorporated v. Falcon Materials, Incorporated Concrete Supply & Service Corporation
- 959 F2D 234Davis v. Haeberlin
- 957 F2D 1125North Carolina v. Federal Aviation Administration
- 956 F2D 279In Re Rainsford J. Winslow and Winifred W. Winslow, Debtors. Rainsford J. Winslow and Winifred W. Winslow v. C. Gail Hunter, Trustee
- 956 F2D 1172Thomas M. Moore v. The United States
- 954 F2D 406United States v. Wrice
- 953 F2D 1392Appearing in the Federal Reporter.) Yvonne F. Thede v. Norfolk Southern Corporation, a Virginia Corporation
- 949 F2D 453Hubbard v. Environmental Protection Agency
- 947 F2D 551United States v. Chestman
- 945 F2D 409United States v. Martinez
- 945 F2D 1563Copelands' Enterprises, Inc. v. CNV, Inc.
- 944 F2D 909Rea v. State of Arizona
- 944 F2D 908Cosgrove v. Circle K Corporation
- 943 F2D 58United States v. Ronnie G. Wiggins, Also Known as Clifton Mack Wiggins
- 943 F2D 49Lamont Television Systems, Incorporated v. Gates Hudson & Associates, Inc., Circle Associates Partnership, Lamont Television Systems, Incorporated v. Gates Hudson & Associates, Inc., and Circle Associates Partnership
- 942 F2D 1498Gregory v. United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado
- 941 F2D 1206Linwood J. Hardy v. City of Richmond Fire Bureau, and Stuart Circle Hospital, Hand Management Specialists
- 940 F2D 653United States v. Abu-Maizar
- 940 F2D 1538McCulla v. Johnson
- 940 F2D 1471Cable News Network, Inc. v. Video Monitoring Services of America, Inc.
- 938 F2D 583United States ex rel. Gulf States Enterprises, Inc. v. R.R. Tway, Inc.
- 938 F2D 239Nixon v. United States
- 937 F2D 920Dotson v. Chester
- 937 F2D 616Vernon Gilstrap, II v. Circle K Corporation
- 936 F2D 583Jones v. Lujan
- 936 F2D 580United States v. R Higuera
- 935 F2D 32United States v. Osborne
- 935 F2D 1454Theunissen v. Matthews
- 934 F2D 1217Austin-Westshore Construction Co. v. Federated Department Stores, Inc.
- 932 F2D 1563Garnac Grain Co., Inc. v. Blackley
- 932 F2D 1475In Re Korean Air Lines Disaster of September 1, 1983, Korean Air Lines Company, Ltd.
- 932 F2D 1103Lakedreams v. Taylor
- 931 F2D 494Lovett v. St. Johnsbury Trucking
- 931 F2D 1256United States v. Hankins
- 930 F2D 34Pearl's Texas Joint Venture, No. 1 v. Paul Siekel, Plaza Partners Joint Venture