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· 6/30/1977

Brian Taylor v. H. Michael Nichols, Robert L. Pinet, R. Michael Latimer, James Allen, Michael T. Allen, Joe Ferns, Jack E. Davis and Victor E. Warren

Citations

  • 558 F.2d 561
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 12642

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • filing a complaint and testifying at trial is not acting under color of state law
  • filing a complaint and testifying at trial is not acting under color of state law
  • “The acts of filing a claim and testifying at trial do not constitute state action. These are private acts.”
  • “There cannot be a valid claim under Section 1986 unless there is also a claim under Section 1985.”
  • “The acts of filing a claim and testifying at trial do not constitute state action. These are private acts.”
  • filing a claim and testifying at trial

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Judges: Lewis, Breit-Enstein, Doyle

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