Legal Opinion
Tomas Menchaca and Wife, Irma Menchaca v. Chrysler Credit Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1980No. 77-3186PublishedCited by 654 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:
This appeal emerges from a dispute surrounding the presence of the defendant police officers during the course of a repossession of plaintiffs’ automobile by agents of defendant Chrysler Credit Corporation. Plaintiffs’ civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 was the subject of a motion to dismiss for lack of the requisite subject matter jurisdiction. The district court held a hearing and found that the necessary state action element was missing. Accordingly, the motion was granted and the complaint dismissed. Plaintiffs timely appealed to this court seeking…
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