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
- 253 F3D 732MD/DC/DE Broadcasters Ass'n v. Federal Communications Commission
- 25 F3D 187Securities & Exchange Commission v. Graystone Nash, Inc.
- 246 F3D 1054United States v. Hoover
- 244 F3D 1331Singleton v. Merit Systems Protection Board
- 243 F3D 635United States v. Dhinsa
- 241 F3D 135U.S. Titan, Inc. v. Guangzhou Zhen Hua Shipping Co.
- 239 F3D 1225Wenger Manufacturing, Inc. v. Coating Machinery Systems, Inc.
- 236 F3D 938Oriental Trading Co. v. Firetti
- 236 F3D 777United States v. Carter
- 236 F3D 315Pledger v. United States
- 236 F3D 1260Stauth v. National Union Fire Insurance
- 236 F3D 1054United States v. Hammett
- 235 F3D 244Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. United Ass'n of Journeymen, Local No. 120
- 234 F3D 881ADM/Growmark River System, Inc. v. Lowry
- 233 F3D 625National Lime Ass'n v. Environmental Protection Agency
- 230 F3D 215Mullis v. United States
- 226 F3D 69Bartlett v. New York State Board of Law Examiners
- 226 F3D 1181United States v. Powell
- 225 F3D 620Gonzales v. National Board of Medical Examiners
- 224 F3D 302United States v. Bowens
- 224 F3D 719Tidemann v. Nadler Golf Car Sales, Inc.
- 224 F3D 1161Plotner v. AT & T Corp.
- 223 F3D 1261Fabry v. Commissioner
- 221 F3D 517Bellas v. CBS, Inc.
- 221 F3D 329Brown v. City of Oneonta
- 220 F3D 380Doe ex rel. Doe v. Dallas Independent School District
- 215 F3D 1261Environ Products, Inc. v. Furon Co.
- 209 F3D 308United States v. Torres
- 205 F3D 1168Ip v. United States
- 204 F3D 994Martin v. PGA Tour, Inc.
- 202 F3D 873Island Creek Coal Co. v. Holdman
- 200 F3D 511Smith v. Check-N-Go of Illinois, Inc.
- 199 F3D 146Doe v. National Board of Medical Examiners
- 199 F3D 1260Boyes v. Shell Oil Products Co.
- 198 F3D 905United States v. Bowie
- 198 F3D 293American Honda Motor Co. v. Bernardi's, Inc.
- 195 F3D 221United States v. Bremers
- 195 F3D 111Brown v. City of Oneonta
- 194 F3D 1149American Civil Liberties Union v. Johnson
- 191 F3D 47United States v. Joyner
- 190 F3D 1041United States v. Kyllo
- 183 F3D 71In re Grand Jury Proceedings (Violette)
- 183 F3D 105Circle Industries USA, Inc. v. Parke Construction Group, Inc.
- 177 F3D 448Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Frank's Nursery & Crafts, Inc.
- 176 F3D 52United States v. Diaz
- 176 F3D 35Cohen v. Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield
- 174 F3D 751Vanderbilt University v. DiNardo
- 173 F3D 995Re/Max International, Inc. v. Realty One, Inc.
- 173 F3D 46Parella v. Retirement Board of the Rhode Island Employees' Retirement System
- 17 F3D 1436Corpus v. Kennedy