· 12/14/1981
Polk County v. Dodson
Citations
- 454 U.S. 312
- 102 S. Ct. 445
- 70 L. Ed. 2d 509
- 1981 U.S. LEXIS 136
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Dodson v. Polk — U.S. Supreme Court case. This entry links to the full opinion in the CourtListener corpus.
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- “[A] lawyer 14 representing a client is not, by virtue of being an officer of the court, a state actor 15 ‘under color of state law’ within the meaning of § 1983.”
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