context: "[A]cts of ... private contractors do not become acts of the government by reason of their significant or even total engagement in performing public contracts." Moreover, even assuming that the funds HIH received from CCADV are properly characterized as "state funds," the Supreme Court has repeatedly made clear that government funding of a private entity, no matter how extensive, is insufficient in and of itself to establish state action.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 457 U.S. 991, 1011
citation_a.parenthetical: no state action even though state paid the medical expenses of more than 90% of the patients and subsidized the operating and capital costs of the nursing homes
citation_a.sentence: See Rendell-Baker, 457 U.S. at 840, 102 S.Ct. 2764 (a private school receiving 90% of its operating budget from public funds was not deemed a state actor); see also Blum v. Yaretsky, 457 U.S. 991, 1011, 102 S.Ct. 2777, 73 L.Ed.2d 534 (no state action even though state paid the medical expenses of more than 90% of the patients and subsidized the operating and capital costs of the nursing homes).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 457 U.S. 840, 840
citation_b.parenthetical: a private school receiving 90% of its operating budget from public funds was not deemed a state actor
citation_b.sentence: See Rendell-Baker, 457 U.S. at 840, 102 S.Ct. 2764 (a private school receiving 90% of its operating budget from public funds was not deemed a state actor); see also Blum v. Yaretsky, 457 U.S. 991, 1011, 102 S.Ct. 2777, 73 L.Ed.2d 534 (no state action even though state paid the medical expenses of more than 90% of the patients and subsidized the operating and capital costs of the nursing homes).