Legal Opinion
Flagg Bros., Inc. v. Brooks
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 15, 1978No. 77-25PublishedCited by 2,246 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
The question presented by this litigation is whether a warehouseman's proposed sale of goods entrusted to him for storage, as permitted by New York Uniform Commercial Code § 7-210 (McKinney 1964) ,1 is an action properly attributable *152to the State of New York. The District Court found that the warehouseman’s conduct was not that of the State, and dismissed this suit for want of jurisdiction under 28 U. S. C. *153§ 1343 (3). 404 F. Supp. 1059 (SDNY 1975). The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in reversing the judgment of the District Court, found sufficient state involvement with the…
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