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· 1/15/1940

General Electric Supply Corp. v. District of Columbia

Citations

  • 110 F.2d 262
  • 71 App. D.C. 322
  • 1940 U.S. App. LEXIS 4516

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  • holding that the plaintiffs “cannot found a 10 section 1983 claim on the Tenth Amendment because it is neither a source of federal 11 authority nor a fount of individual constitutional rights”
  • “[Ujnder section 1983, plaintiffs must [show] that the officials acted under color of state law to deprive them of a right secured by the federal Constitution or by federal law.”

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Judges: Edgerton, Groner, Miller, Stephens, Vinson

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