Topic: a person acting under color of state law. · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 49 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 Hale v. Tallapoosa County.

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1 Hale v. Tallapoosa County Anchor
ca3 · 1995
green “a person acting under color of state law.” 18
2 Hale v. Tallapoosa County
ca3 · 1995
green “of some right, privilege, or immunity secured by the constitution or laws of the united states.” 16
3 Hollingsworth v. Dixon
ala · 2010
green “generally, the departments and subordinate entities of municipalities, counties, and towns that are not separate legal entities or bodies do not have the capacity to sue or be sued in the absence of specific statutory authority.” 15

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