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
- 710 F2D 907McFadden v. Sanchez
- 709 F2D 160Solina v. United States
- 709 F2D 1138Yorke v. National Labor Relations Board
- 707 F2D 33Hammerhead Enterprises, Inc. v. Brezenoff
- 706 F2D 657United States v. Batson
- 703 F2D 1381In re Gulack
- 702 F2D 890Local Unions 20, 26, 34, 89, 92, 124, 135, 142, 159, 279, 299, 377, 406, 428, 486, 543, 571, 580, 614, 637, 836, 908 v. Brada Miller Freight System
- 695 F2D 1263United States v. Merritt
- 693 F2D 581Lapeyrouse v. Texaco, Inc.
- 687 F2D 318Bueno v. United States
- 686 F2D 1135Graves v. Walton County Board of Education
- 684 F2D 794Goodwin v. Balkcom
- 684 F2D 781United States v. Sonntag
- 684 F2D 1134Ass'n of Co-operative Members, Inc. v. Farmland Industries, Inc.
- 683 F2D 42Red Star Barge Line, Inc. v. Nassau County Bridge Authority
- 682 F2D 72National Labor Relations Board v. Bildisco & Bildisco
- 677 F2D 548Lirtzman v. Fuqua Industries, Inc.
- 675 F2D 1257International Union v. National Labor Relations Board
- 673 F2D 961Dockendorf v. Dakota County State Bank
- 673 F2D 15United States v. Drake
- 673 F2D 127Bunch v. Walter
- 670 F2D 503Lapeyrouse v. Texaco, Inc.
- 666 F2D 1227United States v. McCaghren
- 665 F2D 1222Spivey v. Barry
- 664 F2D 69United States v. MacPherson
- 662 F2D 975Croker v. Boeing Co.
- 655 F2D 951Montana Wilderness Ass'n v. United States Forest Service
- 654 F2D 664Alioto v. Official Creditor Committee
- 654 F2D 339United States v. Peacock
- 652 F2D 882United States v. First National Bank of Circle
- 652 F2D 808Stephenson v. Calpine Conifers II, Ltd.
- 651 F2D 910Williams v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of Arlington
- 650 F2D 627White v. Sanders