Oscar M. Cassiano v. Amigos Del Valle, Inc., Paul Sullivan, Ruben Salazar, Tony Barco and Antonio Gutierrez

OPINION

The question raised in this section 1983 employment discharge case is whether the district court properly granted the motion to dismiss 1 because the appellees did not act “under color” of state law. We affirm.

I

Appellee Amigos Del Valle, Inc. (Amigos) is a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act. Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann., art. 1396-1.01, et seq. (Vernon 1959). The corporation’s “members” are cities and counties in Cameron, Hidalgo and Willacy Counties, Texas, that have elected to join Amigos and have paid Amigos an annual membership fee. Amigos is…