Legal Opinion
Jarvis v. Village Gun Shop, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 30, 2015No. 14-2249PPublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
There are circumstances in which the actions of private parties, become so entangled with the actions of public entities that the former may become liable as state actors under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. But the line that separates private action from state action is sometimes difficult to plot. This case, which involves the actions of a privately owned storage facility with respect to firearms confiscated by Massachusetts police officers, illustrates the point.
The district court, ruling at the summary judgment stage, concluded that the storage facility that was sued here was not…
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