context: Section 1983 does not provide relief for all constitutional injuries only for those injuries caused by persons who are state actors or acting "under color" of state law. The ".under color" of law requirement of SS 1983 has been viewed in the same manner as the "state action" requirement of the Fourteenth Amendment.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.parenthetical: In SS 1983 claims, as in Fourteenth Amendment claims, the question is whether the infringement of rights is attributable to the state
citation_a.sentence: United States v. Price, 383 U.S. 787, 794 n. 7, 86 S.Ct. 1152, 1157 n. 7, 16 L.Ed.2d 267 (1966) (In § 1983 claims, as in Fourteenth Amendment claims, the question is whether the infringement of rights is attributable to the state); See also Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Company, 457 U.S. 922, 928, 102 S.Ct. 2744, 2749, 73 L.Ed.2d 483 (1982) (state action and under color of law are obviously related even if not completely identical).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: state action and under color of law are obviously related even if not completely identical
citation_b.sentence: United States v. Price, 383 U.S. 787, 794 n. 7, 86 S.Ct. 1152, 1157 n. 7, 16 L.Ed.2d 267 (1966) (In § 1983 claims, as in Fourteenth Amendment claims, the question is whether the infringement of rights is attributable to the state); See also Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Company, 457 U.S. 922, 928, 102 S.Ct. 2744, 2749, 73 L.Ed.2d 483 (1982) (state action and under color of law are obviously related even if not completely identical).