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· 12/13/1989

Langston v. Act

Citations

  • 890 F.2d 380
  • 15 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 731
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 18701

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that designing and administering a test relied on by public institutions did not render the defendant a state actor
  • noting that' the fact that public institutions rely on the ACT to evaluate students for admissions did not make the defendant a state actor under the public function test
  • “The Supreme Court has emphasized that a mere showing that a private person performs a public function is not enough to establish state action.”

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