Topic: a person acts under color of state law when he acts with au… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 16 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 A. Griffin v. City of Opa-Locka.

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1 A. Griffin v. City of Opa-Locka Anchor
ca11 · 2001
green “a person acts under color of state law when he acts with authority possessed by virtue of his employment with the state.” 10
2 Motes v. Myers
ca11 · 1987
green “section 1983 plaintiffs must establish both deprivation of a right secured by the united states constitution or federal laws and action by a defendant under color of state law.” 6

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