ESSEX COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY ET AL.

v.

ATLANTIC COAST DEMOLITION & RECYCLING, INC., ET AL.; AND SHINN, COMMISSIONER, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION V. ATLANTIC COAST DEMOLITION & RECYCLING, INC., ET AL.

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• Griffin v. City OF Opa-Locka, 261 F.3d 1295 (11th Cir. 2001)
  …der to prevail on a civil rights action under § 1983, a plaintiff must show that he or she was deprived of a federal right by a person acting under color of state law. Almand v. DeKalb County, Georgia, 103 F. 3d 1510, 1513 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 522 U.S. 966, 118 S.Ct. 411, 139 L.Ed.2d 314 (1997). A person acts under color of state law when he acts with authority possessed by virtue of his employment with the state. Id. “The dis-positive issue is whether the official was acting pursuant to the power h…
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