Legal Opinion
Tunstall v. Office of Judicial Support of the Court of Common Pleas
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 9, 1987No. 86-1482PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
The question presented in this appeal is whether a purchaser of property at a sale conducted by a municipality to collect delinquent taxes acts under color of state law for purposes of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1988. We conclude that the buyer is not a state actor in that circumstance nor in later filing an action to quiet title in state court. Accordingly, we will affirm an order of the district court denying a request for an assessment of counsel fees against the purchaser.
*632After the parties in the underlying litigation settled their dispute, plaintiff Joseph…
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