· 8/18/1999
Stewart Ginsberg v. Healey Car & Truck Leasing, Inc. And Michael P. Healey, John Fitzgerald
Citations
- 189 F.3d 268
- 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 19577
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Healey's provision of background information to a police officer does not by itself make Healey a joint participant in state action under Section 1983.”
- private actor’s “provision of background information to a police officer does not by itself make [him] a joint participant in state action under Section 1983”
- “[An appellee’s] provision of background information to a police officer does not by itself make [that appellee] a joint participant in state action under Section 1983.”
- private party’s “provision of background information to a police officer does not by itself make [the private party] a joint participant in state action under Section 1983”
- “Where . . . a police officer exercises independent judgment . . ., the private party is not ‘jointly engaged’ in the officer’s conduct so as to render it a state actor under Section 1983.”
- evidence of a “concerted effort or plan” could support state action
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Judges: Winter, Sack, Sprizzo
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