How have courts interpreted "color of state law"?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hoffman v. Halden, 268 F.2d 280 (9th Cir. 1959):
United States v. Classic, 1941, 313 U. S. 299, at page 326, 61 S.Ct. 1031, at page 1043, 85 L.Ed. 1368, defined "color of state law." "Misuse of power, possessed by virtue of state law and made possible only because the wrongdoer is clothed with the authority of state law, is action taken `under color of' state law."5
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