United States v. Christopher Montalvo Flores

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How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “[i]f an individual is possessed of state authority and purports to act under that authority, his action is state action”
• noting that “[i]f an individual is possessed of state authority and purports to act under that authority, his action is state action”
• holding an amusement park employee had engaged in state action
• special policeman deputized under Maryland county ordinance to protect amusement park acted under color of state law in arresting plaintiffs for trespassing
• special policeman deputized under Maryland county ordinance to protect amusement park acted under color of state law in arresting plaintiffs for trespassing
• “If an individual is possessed of state 13 authority and purports to act under that authority, his action is state action.”

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