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
- 899 F2D 515United States v. Hays
- 899 F2D 14Austin v. Circle K Corporation
- 898 F2D 148United States v. Maxey
- 897 F2D 232Wikoff v. Vanderveld
- 896 F2D 54715 Fed.r.serv.3d 837
- 896 F2D 1157Native Village of Noatak v. Hoffman
- 894 F2D 1085United States v. Howard
- 893 F2D 459Donatelli v. National Hockey League
- 892 F2D 148United States v. Paiva
- 892 F2D 1046Terry Maxwell Goodson v. Arizona Department of Corrections David Cluff Alex Cordova, Captain
- 892 F2D 1042United States v. Joiada Elijah McKenzie
- 891 F2D 294Halter v. Homelite Division Textron Inc
- 891 F2D 1127Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. Columbia Outdoor Advertising Inc.
- 889 F2D 973Autrey v. United States
- 888 F2D 234United States v. Shakur
- 887 F2D 595Centennial Savings Bank FSB v. United States
- 886 F2D 477United States v. Blair
- 885 F2D 875Albano v. D Harris a
- 885 F2D 1284Gaubert v. United States
- 884 F2D 578Central Transport, Inc. v. R-W Service System, Inc., Circle Express, Inc.
- 883 F2D 662United States v. Aguilar
- 883 F2D 551Polenz v. Parrott
- 883 F2D 355United States v. Charles
- 882 F2D 1411Nakash v. Marciano
- 881 F2D 1077United States v. Fried
- 880 F2D 1178Q.E.R., Inc. v. Dickerson
- 880 F2D 1172Fidelity Savings & Investment Co. v. New Hope Baptist
- 879 F2D 434Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Atlantic Community School District
- 878 F2D 742In re Bevill, Bresler & Schulman Asset Management Corp v. Spencer Savings & Loan Ass'n
- 878 F2D 1493Fontane-Rexach v. Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
- 878 F2D 1431United States v. Walker
- 878 F2D 1430Pennsylvania Manufacturer's Association Insurance Company v. Caterpillar, Incorporated
- 877 F2D 64Balek v. Usacafes
- 877 F2D 139United States v. Rutkowski
- 876 F2D 896Chicago Title Insurance Co v. Ferraro Ferraro
- 876 F2D 104Joseph S. Kaelin v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
- 874 F2D 661Northern Plains Resource Council v. Lujan