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· 1/27/1987

Payne v. Geary

Citations

  • 651 F. Supp. 1357
  • 1987 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 687

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that “private hospitals and physicians have consistently been dismissed from § 1983 actions for failing to come within the color of state law requirement of this section.”
  • noting that 24 “private hospitals and physicians have consistently been dismissed from § 1983 actions for 25 failing to come within the color of state law requirement of this section.”
  • noting that “private hospitals and physicians have consistently been dismissed from 11 § 1983 actions for failing to come within the color of state law requirement of this 12 section.”
  • noting that 7 “private hospitals and physicians have consistently been dismissed from § 1983 actions for failing 8 to come within the color of state law requirement of this section.”
  • “[Private hospitals and physicians have consistently been dismissed from [section] 1983 actions for faffing to come within the color of state law requirement....”
  • privately retained attorneys do not act under color 25 of law for purposes of § 1983 liability

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Judges: Platt

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