Fifth Circuit· 3/9/2005

Cornish v. Correctional Services Corp.

Citations

402 F.3d 545
2005 WL 540047

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

requiring that a plaintiff show that the alleged deprivation was committed by a person acting under color of state law
noting that under any of the many tests employed to decide whether a private actor’s conduct can be fairly attributable to the State is a “necessarily fact-bound inquiry . . . .”
describing the public function test, state compulsion test, the nexus or state action test, and the joint action test
explaining a private banking corporation is not subject to § 1983 liability by performing public contracts.
“Therefore, at issue is whether [Defendants’] decisions as an employer are fairly attributable to the State.”
“Mere[] private conduct, no matter how discriminatory or wrongful, is excluded from § 1983’s reach.” (internal quotation omitted)

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Judges: Wiener, Barksdale, Dennis

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