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
- 599 F2D 518United States v. Milhollan
- 598 F2D 705Parent Ass'n of Andrew Jackson High School v. Ambach
- 594 F2D 711McPherson v. Sunset Speedway, Inc.
- 591 F2D 1211Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Hunt
- 589 F2D 478Cape Air Freight, Inc. v. United States
- 589 F2D 451Harvey v. Fearless Farris Wholesale, Inc.
- 588 F2D 425Jeffers v. United States
- 586 F2D 1206Martin v. United States
- 585 F2D 732Ivy v. Security Barge Lines, Inc.
- 584 F2D 1151Tug Ocean Prince, Inc. v. United States
- 582 F2D 388Goodman v. Epstein
- 582 F2D 236United States v. Wishart
- 581 F2D 1199United States v. Hiett
- 573 F2D 565United States v. Chatman
- 571 F2D 48United States v. Gabriner
- 571 F2D 411Tureen v. Equifax, Inc.
- 570 F2D 1311Bowen v. United States
- 569 F2D 411United States v. Caro
- 566 F2D 681National Labor Relations Board v. Empire Gas, Inc.
- 564 F2D 681Black v. Acme Markets, Inc.
- 558 F2D 456Dulin v. Circle F Industries, Inc.
- 553 F2D 886Chapman v. United States
- 552 F2D 1119United States v. Evers
- 551 F2D 910Hotchner v. Castillo-Puche
- 551 F2D 1365United States v. Pruett
- 550 F2D 1294United States v. Stanchich
- 549 F2D 913In re Braverman
- 549 F2D 205Rosen v. Lawson-Hemphill, Inc.
- 547 F2D 438United States v. Brown
- 545 F2D 222Hochstadt v. Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology
- 545 F2D 1217United States v. Freie
- 542 F2D 1283United States v. Harris
- 541 F2D 156Becker v. Celebration, Inc.
- 538 F2D 295Hinkle v. Rock Springs National Bank
- 538 F2D 1230United States v. Mitchell
- 536 F2D 447National Labor Relations Board v. Circle Bindery, Inc.
- 532 F2D 584Collins v. Securities & Exchange Commission
- 532 F2D 1273Topic v. Circle Realty
- 531 F2D 979United States v. Newson
- 523 F2D 853Imel v. United States
- 523 F2D 636E-T Industries, Inc. v. Whittaker Corp.
- 523 F2D 452Chicago Rawhide Manufacturing Co. v. Crane Packing Co.