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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 33 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Steven A. Wolotsky v. Ralph Huhn Jerome T. Kraker and Portage Path Community Mental Health Center.

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1 Steven A. Wolotsky v. Ralph Huhn Jerome T. Kraker and Portage Path Community Mental Health Center Anchor
ca6 · 1992
green “the action of a private party constitutes state action when there is a sufficiently close nexus between the state and the challenged action of the regulated entity so that the action of the latter may be fairly treated as that of the state itself.” 13
2 Kenneth D. Lansing v. City of Memphis Memphis Park Commission, Memphis in May International Festival, Inc.
ca6 · 2000
green “a private entity can be held to constitutional standards when its actions so approximate state action that they may be fairly attributed to the state.” 6
3 Kenneth D. Lansing v. City of Memphis Memphis Park Commission, Memphis in May International Festival, Inc.
ca6 · 2000
green “(1) the public function test; (2) the state compulsion test; and (3) the symbiotic relationship or nexus test.” 6
4 Kenneth D. Lansing v. City of Memphis Memphis Park Commission, Memphis in May International Festival, Inc.
ca6 · 2000
green “however, a private entity can be held to constitutional standards when its actions so approximate state action that they may be fairly attributed to the state.” 5
5 Wilder v. Hall
kyed · 2007
green “generally, a section 1983 action will not lie against a private individual.” 3

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