Is a state law requirement under Section 1983 of the US Constitution the same as the Fourteenth Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Rankins v. Liu, No. 2:15-cv-01164 KJM DB P (E.D. Cal. 2017):
state law' requirement under 1983 is the same as the Fourteenth Amendment's 'state action' requirement." Id. (citing Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co., 457 U.S. 922, 928 (1982)).
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