Legal Opinion
Norton v. Liddel
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 6, 1980No. 78-1712PublishedCited by 145 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, Circuit Judge.
The issue presented in this case is whether a private individual actively conspiring with an immune State official to purposely and knowingly deprive another of his rights secured under the Constitution and laws of the United States is acting under “color of law” as required by 42 U.S.C. § 1983.1
Factual Background
In June, 1976, W. V. Norton (Norton) filed an action in the District Court of Love County, Oklahoma, to quiet title to a twelve acre tract of land. One of the defendants in the action, F. J. Schmitz (Schmitz) occupied the property under a lease from Norton.…
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3Cited by145 opinions
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