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
- 911 F2D 440Johnson v. Dugger
- 911 F2D 1239Martin v. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.
- 909 F2D 495Fireman's Fund Insurance v. United States
- 909 F2D 170Faries v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
- 908 F2D 643Simons v. Federal Deposit Insurance
- 907 F2D 726Hines v. British Steel Corp.
- 905 F2D 1362State Bank of Spring Hill v. Anderson
- 904 F2D 677Wilson Sporting Goods Co. v. David Geoffrey & Associates
- 900 F2D 811Morgan v. City of Desoto
- 899 F2D 1465United States v. DeClue
- 896 F2D 550Marshall v. Circle K
- 896 F2D 452Chase Manhattan Financial Services, Inc. v. McMillian
- 895 F2D 780Western Fuels-Utah, Inc. v. Lujan
- 894 F2D 804Anderson v. Whittaker Corp.
- 893 F2D 1245United States v. Four Parcels of Real Property
- 891 F2D 962United States v. Williams
- 891 F2D 738Yako ex rel. Yako v. United States
- 888 F2D 878Atari Games Corp. v. Oman
- 887 F2D 388Vella v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
- 887 F2D 1276Clark v. Golden Rule Insurance
- 886 F2D 458Valley Citizens for A Safe Environment v. Aldridge
- 878 F2D 912First Federal of Michigan v. Barrow
- 878 F2D 147Andes v. Versant Corp.
- 878 F2D 1326Church v. Colling
- 877 F2D 973Military Circle Pet v. Cobb County
- 877 F2D 469Miller v. Taylor
- 875 F2D 1451United States v. Fernandez-Angulo
- 873 F2D 910Dicicco v. U.S. Department of Justice Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 872 F2D 642Fusselman v. Ennia General Insurance
- 872 F2D 483Beverly Hospital v. Bowen
- 871 F2D 1436United States v. de Aguilar
- 870 F2D 586United States v. Four Parcels of Real Property on Lake Forrest Circle in Riverchase
- 868 F2D 921Anderson v. Bowen
- 866 F2D 278Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. v. Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc.
- 865 F2D 342Stone v. Commissioner
- 865 F2D 353National Patent Development Corp. v. T.J. Smith & Nephew, Ltd.
- 862 F2D 910Anderson v. Cryovac, Inc.
- 862 F2D 1108Stringer v. Jackson
- 861 F2D 1555Jet Florida, Inc. v. American Airlines, Inc.
- 859 F2D 1007In re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litigation
- 855 F2D 888Redgrave v. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
- 855 F2D 125Cooper v. Tard
- 853 F2D 996El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico v. National Labor Relations Board
- 853 F2D 337Morris v. Homco International, Inc.
- 850 F2D 1345Pope v. Savings Bank of Puget Sound
- 849 F2D 284First Wisconsin National Bank v. Federal Land Bank
- 848 F2D 544Howard Gault Co. v. Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc.
- 848 F2D 1068Sierra Club v. Hodel
- 842 F2D 1287In Re Circle Line Sightseeing Yachts
- 841 F2D 332Thomas v. Peterson