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Attorneys May be Sued as State Actors When Colluding with Judge

by Matthew T. Clarke

On June 17, 2005, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that private attorneys could be sued as state actors in a civil rights action in federal district court, provided they allegedly operated in collusion with a state official to deprive the ...

 

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