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
- 115 F3D 722Harbor Bancorp & Subsidiaries v. Commissioner
- 113 F3D 367Jackson v. Travelers Insurance
- 113 F3D 1327Parks v. AlliedSignal, Inc.
- 112 F3D 98Podell v. Citicorp Diners Club, Inc.
- 112 F3D 946Meyer v. Norwest Bank Iowa, National Ass'n
- 112 F3D 758United States v. Bailey
- 110 F3D 799Smith v. Blue Circle, Inc.
- 11 F3D 1545Sierra Club v. Cargill
- 109 F3D 1146Pikeville United Methodist Hospital of Kentucky, Inc. v. United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO-CLC
- 106 F3D 1118United States v. Molina
- 105 F3D 923RFE Industries, Inc. v. SPM Corp.
- 105 F3D 1423National Leased Housing Ass'n v. United States
- 105 F3D 1409Valmet Paper Machinery, Inc. v. Beloit Corp.
- 105 F3D 1035Texas Pharmacy Ass'n v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
- 104 F3D 1435American Civil Liberties Union v. Schundler
- 102 F3D 1245United States v. Spriggs
- 101 F3D 1132Cissell Manufacturing Co. v. United States Department of Labor
- 10 F3D 810Moore v. Riley
- 10 F3D 316Brown & Root, Inc. v. Louisiana State AFL-CIO
- 998 F2D 1112United States v. Bianco
- 997 F2D 670Foxworthy v. Hiland Dairy Co.
- 995 F2D 221United States v. Sunset Circle Land
- 993 F2D 1557Alabama Power Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- 993 F2D 1267Welsh v. Boy Scouts of America
- 990 F2D 1518Ellis v. City of La Mesa
- 988 F2D 1397Illinois Central Gulf Railroad v. R.R. Land, Inc.
- 985 F2D 364Kristufek v. Hussmann Foodservice Company
- 981 F2D 281United States v. Strozier
- 981 F2D 1398United States v. Katora
- 980 F2D 352Meredith v. Time Insurance
- 979 F2D 254Pearson v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
- 978 F2D 1310Waters v. Commissioner
- 978 F2D 1162Securities & Exchange Commission v. Peters
- 976 F2D 700Mallinckrodt, Inc. v. Medipart, Inc.
- 975 F2D 999United States v. Rodriguez
- 975 F2D 528Sterkel v. Fruehauf Corp.
- 974 F2D 873Harrison v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
- 974 F2D 409Friedrich v. U.S. Computer Services
- 972 F2D 1145Lamon v. City of Shawnee
- 970 F2D 283United States v. Blankenship
- 968 F2D 612National Organization for Women, Inc. v. Scheidler
- 967 F2D 764Coalition Against Columbus Center v. City of New York
- 967 F2D 418Arney v. Finney
- 966 F2D 677Furr v. Circle, Inc.
- 963 F2D 1352Homeward Bound, Inc. v. Hissom Memorial Center
- 962 F2D 420United States v. Menesses
- 959 F2D 241Oregon Natural Resources Council v. Marsh
- 958 F2D 127Murray v. Anthony J. Bertucci Construction Co.
- 957 F2D 778United States v. Lee
- 957 F2D 239Logan v. Basic Distribution Corp.