Legal Opinion
Charles Culbertson and Helen Culbertson, His Wife v. Alice Leland
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 3, 1975No. 73--1749PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before ELY and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and WEIGEL, District Judge.* WEIGEL, District Judge:
The Arizona Innkeeper’s Lien Statute authorizes the keeper of a hotel or lodging house to seize, without notice or judicial procedure, the personal property of a lodger who fails to pay rent. This appeal presents the question whether a private person acting under the authority of the statute does so under color of state law within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
In September 1972, Helen and Charles Culbertson moved into a room in the New Windsor Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona, for which they agreed to…
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