Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Orr
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 13, 1986No. Nos. 84-5859, 84-5860PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
The issue before us, on a certified question from the district court, 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) (1982), is whether Air National Guard (“ANG”) technician supervisory personnel and the New Jersey Adjutant General act under color of state law for the purposes of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) when participating in personnel decisions resulting in the dismissal of ANG technicians. The district court held that they do, and we affirm.
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Appellees Roy A. Johnson and John J. Sheller were ANG technicians and stew*388ards in the technicians’ union, Local 377 of the American…
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