Brunette v. Humane Society Of Ventura County

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a newspaper “was not liable as a state actor” under any of the plaintiff’s state action theories
• “Whether a private party engaged in state action is a highly factual question.” (citation omitted)
• liability under § 1983 extends to a private party only if it “engaged in state action 10 under color of law and thereby deprived a plaintiff of some right, privilege, or immunity protected 11 by the Constitution or the laws of the United States”

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