Carlson v. Roetzel & Andress

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a defendant can only be held liable pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for actions taken under color of state law
• “[T]his court has required joint action or conspiracy with state authorities” to find “private parties liable as state actors.”
• “Section 1983 creates a cause of action against a person acting ‘under color of any statute . . . of any State’ who deprives another of a federally protected right. 42 U.S.C. § 1983.”
• “mere invocation of state legal procedures is not state action”
• “Only state actors can be held liable under Section 1983.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).