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
- 17 F3D 14United States v. Millan
- 168 F3D 1326Liberatore v. Melville Corp.
- 167 F3D 249GenCorp, Inc. v. American International Underwriters
- 166 F3D 350Williams v. Rice
- 164 F3D 480Mount Olivet Cemetery Ass'n v. Salt Lake City
- 162 F3D 708Cusumano v. Microsoft Corp.
- 161 F3D 77Ruiz-Troche v. Pepsi Cola of Puerto Rico Bottling Co.
- 160 F3D 790Wessmann v. Gittens
- 160 F3D 613Gaines-Tabb v. ICI Explosives, USA, Inc.
- 160 F3D 489Children's Factory, Inc. v. Benee's Toys, Inc.
- 16 F3D 626Williams v. Collins
- 159 F3D 892United States v. Johnson
- 156 F3D 321Bartlett v. New York State Board of Law Examiners
- 155 F3D 35United States v. Allen
- 154 F3D 730Swanson v. Leggett & Platt, Inc.
- 154 F3D 658United States v. Wilson
- 153 F3D 1132Charter Canyon Treatment Center v. Pool Co.
- 153 F3D 1289National Partnership Investment Corp. v. National Housing Development Corp.
- 149 F3D 271United States v. Swann
- 148 F3D 905Robertson v. Norton Co.
- 148 F3D 1126O'Donnell v. Barry
- 147 F3D 7Siedle v. Putnam Investments, Inc.
- 147 F3D 1039Washington Physicians Service Ass'n v. Gregoire
- 145 F3D 305Davis Oil Co. v. TS, Inc.
- 143 F3D 487Peracchi v. Commissioner
- 143 F3D 1057Truck Components Inc. v. Beatrice Co.
- 139 F3D 674Securities & Exchange Commission v. Colello
- 137 F3D 640Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. Department of Transportation
- 136 F3D 71Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. v. Federal Insurance
- 136 F3D 197Public Service Co. v. Patch
- 135 F3D 765Mourraille, Inc. v. Saastopankkien Keskus-Osake-Pankki
- 135 F3D 1456Ethicon, Inc. v. United States Surgical Corp.
- 135 F3D 1308United States v. Clavette
- 134 F3D 981Calderon v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- 131 F3D 1415V-1 Oil Co. v. Utah State Department of Public Safety
- 131 F3D 1297League of United Latin American Citizens v. Wilson
- 13 F3D 1493United States v. One Single Family Residence Located at 18755 North Bay Road
- 13 F3D 1407Clark v. Tansy
- 129 F3D 760Rodriguez v. Sarabyn
- 129 F3D 486United States v. $129,727.00 U.S. Currency
- 129 F3D 1330TCW Special Credits v. Chloe Z Fishing Co.
- 129 F3D 1243American Broadcasting Companies v. United States
- 128 F3D 934Davies v. Centennial Life Insurance
- 128 F3D 233Rice v. Paladin Enterprises, Inc.
- 128 F3D 1267Anderson v. Genuine Parts Co.
- 126 F3D 1205Koirala v. Thai Airways International, Ltd.
- 123 F3D 1082Moore v. Jackson
- 120 F3D 1307Johnson v. Sawyer
- 119 F3D 871Vigil v. City of Las Cruces
- 117 F3D 1173Siemon v. AT&T Corp.