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
- 956 F2D 935Cascade Energy & Metals Corp. v. Banks
- 952 F2D 879Meliezer v. Resolution Trust Co.
- 950 F2D 972United States v. Treanor
- 949 F2D 841Emershaw v. Commissioner
- 949 F2D 624Resolution Trust Corp. v. Elman
- 949 F2D 1482Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Claire's Boutiques, Inc.
- 949 F2D 1032Abdullah v. Gunter
- 948 F2D 1275Altshuler v. Workmen's Circle
- 947 F2D 727Stedor Enterprises, Ltd. v. Armtex, Inc.
- 946 F2D 264United States v. Federal National Mortgage Ass'n
- 946 F2D 214Harris v. Reeves
- 945 F2D 756United States v. Celesia
- 945 F2D 1416Peterson v. City of Plymouth
- 944 F2D 548Native Village of Venetie I.R.A. Council v. Alaska
- 942 F2D 34Feinstein v. Resolution Trust Corp.
- 941 F2D 1428United States v. Four Parcels of Real Property in Greene & Tuscaloosa Counties
- 940 F2D 812Billet v. CIGNA Corp.
- 937 F2D 1183United States v. Tolliver
- 935 F2D 758United States v. Patrick
- 935 F2D 1152Dodd Insurance Services, Inc. v. Royal Insurance Co. of America
- 935 F2D 1106Hall v. Bellmon
- 934 F2D 1325United States v. Devine
- 933 F2D 240United States v. Turner
- 932 F2D 117United States v. Salerno
- 932 F2D 1136White v. Walker
- 931 F2D 7Circle Industries, Division of Nastasi-White, Inc. v. City Federal Savings Bank
- 931 F2D 1379Daemi v. Church's Fried Chicken, Inc.
- 931 F2D 116De Leon Lopez v. Corporacion Insular de Seguros
- 928 F2D 335Quinton v. Farmland Industries, Inc.
- 925 F2D 348Allen v. Commissioner
- 925 F2D 1010Video Views, Inc. v. Studio 21, Ltd.
- 924 F2D 698Kennedy v. Connecticut General Life Insurance
- 924 F2D 311Massachusetts v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- 924 F2D 1137Tongass Conservation Society v. Cheney
- 923 F2D 1404Snider v. Circle K Corp.
- 922 F2D 1370United States v. Skillman
- 920 F2D 342Bowling v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
- 919 F2D 734Gibson v. Schultz
- 918 F2D 797Native Village of Venetie I.R.A. Council v. Alaska
- 917 F2D 1024Nutrasweet Co. v. Stadt Corp.
- 916 F2D 63Leed Architectural Products, Inc. v. United Steelworkers, Local 6674
- 915 F2D 986National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh v. Circle, Inc.
- 915 F2D 584Aulston v. United States
- 915 F2D 273Stanley Gudyka Sales Co. v. Lacy Forest Products Co.
- 915 F2D 1530Farred v. Hicks
- 914 F2D 620League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4434 v. Clements
- 914 F2D 1076Foster v. Metropolitan Airports Commission
- 914 F2D 1040Moser v. Commissioner
- 912 F2D 736Hines v. United States
- 912 F2D 1383O'Reilly v. Ceuleers