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
- 758 F2D 1086Jaimes v. Toledo Metropolitan Housing Authority
- 756 F2D 91Beattie v. United States
- 756 F2D 713Rush v. Obledo
- 756 F2D 1407Armstrong v. United States
- 755 F2D 416Eyre v. McDonough Power Equipment, Inc.
- 754 F2D 641United States v. Alkhafaji
- 754 F2D 1496Hunter v. National Mediation Board
- 750 F2D 1527United States v. Lavado
- 747 F2D 792Winkes v. Brown University
- 745 F2D 528Svoboda v. Bowers Distillery, Inc.
- 744 F2D 781United States v. Buide-Gomez
- 743 F2D 984Pacor Inc. v. Higgins
- 743 F2D 677Forelaws on Board v. Johnson
- 742 F2D 489Timms v. United States
- 742 F2D 202Matthews v. Ohio Barge Line, Inc.
- 742 F2D 1546Carstens v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- 742 F2D 1007Alliance to End Repression v. City of Chicago
- 739 F2D 1305Iowa Express Distribution, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 738 F2D 786Grann v. City of Madison
- 735 F2D 1073Wright v. Newman
- 733 F2D 1007Konik v. Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center
- 728 F2D 784Grover Hill Grain Co. v. Baughman-Oster, Inc.
- 726 F2D 173United States v. Romanello
- 725 F2D 336Falcon Rice Mill, Inc. v. Community Rice Mill, Inc.
- 724 F2D 871Colorado Flying Academy, Inc. v. United States
- 724 F2D 665Sanders v. St. Louis County
- 724 F2D 47Midwest Bank & Trust Co. v. Potts
- 723 F2D 553SKK, Inc. v. Cambridge Systems Group, Inc.
- 723 F2D 1544United States v. Browning
- 723 F2D 1348Waldron v. McAtee
- 721 F2D 1054Connor v. United States Civil Service Commission
- 720 F2D 93Friends of the River v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- 719 F2D 402Marsh v. Circle Bar Drilling Co
- 717 F2D 635King v. Ponte