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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 34 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 Edwards v. Wallace Community College.

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1 Edwards v. Wallace Community College Anchor
ca11 · 1995
green “the dispositive issue is whether the official was acting pursuant to the power he/she possessed by state authority or acting only as a private individual.” 18
2 Almand v. DeKalb County, Georgia
ca11 · 1997
green “a successful section 1983 action requires that the plaintiff show he was deprived of a federal right by a person acting under color of state law.” 16

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