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
- 872 F2D 1384Native Village of Noatak v. Hoffman
- 871 F2D 750Ways v. City of Lincoln
- 869 F2D 372United States v. Padilla
- 866 F2D 1357United States v. Monroe
- 865 F2D 164Little Rock School District v. Pulaski County Special School District No. 1
- 864 F2D 71United States v. Cadwell
- 864 F2D 1394United States v. Turner
- 863 F2D 647Sheet Metal Workers International Ass'n, Local No. 359 v. Arizona Mechanical & Stainless, Inc.
- 863 F2D 1292Indiana Cal-Pro, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 862 F2D 526United States v. Espinoza-Seanez
- 862 F2D 1471Parker v. Williams
- 861 F2D 1102Walnut Properties, Inc. v. City of Whittier
- 859 F2D 953United States v. Yunis
- 856 F2D 196United States v. James H. Linke (87-3940), Rodney G. Pore (87-3986)
- 855 F2D 820Price v. Tanner
- 854 F2D 1338New York Shipping Ass'n v. Federal Maritime Commission
- 854 F2D 1001Colonial Savings Ass'n v. Commissioner
- 853 F2D 843United States v. Goggin
- 853 F2D 1027Rodriguez-Diaz v. Sierra-Martinez
- 852 F2D 1502United States v. Nesbitt
- 852 F2D 1290Segal Dds v. County of Los Angeles
- 849 F2D 46McKee ex rel. McKee v. Colt Electronics Co.
- 849 F2D 1117Boswell v. County of Sherburne
- 847 F2D 685United States v. Gafyczk
- 847 F2D 553United States v. Riverbend Farms, Inc.
- 847 F2D 35Milone v. Moceri Family, Inc.
- 843 F2D 432United States v. Caraza
- 842 F2D 1512Roussell v. Jeane
- 840 F2D 996WJM, Inc. v. Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare
- 837 F2D 259Forry, Inc. v. Neundorfer, Inc.
- 836 F2D 22Desfosses v. Wallace Energy, Inc.
- 834 F2D 1179United States v. Causey
- 830 F2D 938United States v. Cerone
- 829 F2D 69Dant v. District of Columbia
- 827 F2D 306Garionis v. Newton
- 823 F2D 1168Pliska v. City of Stevens Point, Wisconsin
- 821 F2D 1186United States v. Kozminski
- 820 F2D 902United States v. Abayomi
- 820 F2D 1220United States v. Aviles
- 819 F2D 813United States v. Kaden
- 818 F2D 867United States v. Daniel A. Rutt