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
- 649 F2D 1185United States v. Kreimes
- 645 F2D 239Holiday Inns, Inc. v. Holiday Inn
- 643 F2D 835Romero-Barcelo v. Brown
- 643 F2D 54United States v. Alvarez-Porras
- 643 F2D 1325Camp v. Schweiker
- 643 F2D 1069B. B. ex rel. A. L. B. v. Schweiker
- 640 F2D 782Oliver v. Kalamazoo Board of Education
- 639 F2D 134United States Jaycees v. Philadelphia Jaycees
- 636 F2D 621United States v. Sampol
- 636 F2D 126United States v. Small
- 635 F2D 370Harbert International Establishment v. Power Shipping
- 635 F2D 152United States v. Errico
- 635 F2D 1277Wren v. Jones
- 633 F2D 232Guardians Ass'n of New York City Police Department, Inc. v. Civil Service Commission of New York
- 632 F2D 208National Labor Relations Board v. Jamaica Towing, Inc.
- 630 F2D 36Keosaian v. National Labor Relations Board
- 626 F2D 627Vesey v. United States
- 626 F2D 218United States v. Forero-Rincon
- 625 F2D 889United States v. Lopez
- 624 F2D 890United States v. Farris
- 623 F2D 808Misericordia Hospital Medical Center v. National Labor Relations Board
- 619 F2D 1124United States v. Ricardo
- 618 F2D 1153Anchortank, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 617 F2D 755Sami v. United States
- 617 F2D 1264Davis v. National Labor Relations Board
- 615 F2D 736Rodic v. Thistledown Racing Club, Inc.
- 614 F2D 777National Labor Relations Board v. Circle T Corp.
- 614 F2D 634United States v. Farris
- 613 F2D 658Brandes v. Burbank
- 613 F2D 210Local Joint Executive Board v. Hotel Circle, Inc.
- 612 F2D 1018Ideal Industries, Inc. v. Gardner Bender, Inc.
- 611 F2D 1056United States v. Cueto
- 609 F2D 83New York Dock Railway v. United States
- 604 F2D 232United States v. Edelson
- 602 F2D 1100National Labor Relations Board v. Jamaica Towing, Inc.
- 601 F2D 883United States v. Petty
- 600 F2D 595Palmer v. General Mills Inc.
- 600 F2D 546KCMC, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 600 F2D 494United States v. Rozen