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
- 930 F2D 32Callins v. Board of County Commissioners of the County of Greer Oklahoma E
- 929 F2D 693McClelland v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- 929 F2D 490El Torito-La Fiesta Restaurants, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 929 F2D 1094Willett v. Baxter International, Inc.
- 928 F2D 328Bieber v. State Bank of Terry
- 927 F2D 596Thomas J. O'Brien v. Coachman Industries, Incorporated, and Clippership Enterprises, Incorporated
- 926 F2D 112United States v. Mak
- 925 F2D 703Reuber v. Food Chemical News, Inc.
- 925 F2D 758United States v. Giunta
- 925 F2D 1470Schaefer v. State Board of Equalization
- 924 F2D 380United States v. De Los Santos-Himitola
- 923 F2D 847Briggs v. Comfort Inn of Washington N Briggs
- 923 F2D 847Briggs v. Park Circle Amoco
- 923 F2D 847Briggs v. B & N Park Circle Tv
- 923 F2D 782Eddleman v. United States Department of Labor
- 923 F2D 1293United States v. Lenfesty
- 921 F2D 911United States ex rel. Blue Circle West, Inc. v. Tucson Mechanical Contracting Inc.
- 921 F2D 282Valle-Zometa v. US Immigration and Naturalization Service
- 920 F2D 121State Government Creditors' Committee for Property Damage Claims v. McKay
- 919 F2D 83Caudill v. Farmland Industries, Inc.
- 919 F2D 1247Gilty v. Village of Oak Park
- 918 F2D 821United States v. Del Vizo
- 917 F2D 502United States v. Asseff
- 916 F2D 714Willis v. First Bank National Association
- 916 F2D 713United States v. Ira D. Barclay
- 914 F2D 790Hutt v. Gibson Fiber Glass Products, Inc.
- 914 F2D 1491Hardy v. City of Richmond
- 914 F2D 1224Bay Area Peace Navy v. United States
- 913 F2D 814In re Atencio
- 913 F2D 1033P.C. v. McLaughlin
- 912 F2D 465American National Property & Casualty Company v. Allstate Insurance Co.
- 907 F2D 124Reynoldson v. Shillinger
- 906 F2D 1304Chaney v. Falling Creek Metal Products, Inc.
- 906 F2D 1253Fox v. Dannenberg
- 905 F2D 245United States v. Davis
- 904 F2D 706Richard E. Chitwood and Emma A. Chitwood v. John C. McLemore Trustee in Bankruptcy for Circle W. Dairy Farms
- 904 F2D 1276Rybachek v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
- 904 F2D 1081Miller v. Civil City of South Bend
- 903 F2D 891United States v. Schaper
- 901 F2D 920Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Alton Packaging Corp.
- 899 F2D 927United States v. Corral-Corral