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State action

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004672

An action taken by a government entity, whether federal, state, or local, or by a private party acting on behalf of the government. The state action doctrine holds that the protections of the U.S. Constitution, particularly the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment, apply only to governmental conduct and not to purely private conduct. A private entity's action is considered state action if it performs a traditional public function or is significantly entangled with the government.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004672
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "State action",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "An action taken by a government entity, whether federal, state, or local, or by a private party acting on behalf of the government. The state action doctrine holds that the protections of the U.S. Constitution, particularly the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment, apply only to governmental conduct and not to purely private conduct. A private entity's action is considered state action if it performs a traditional public function or is significantly entangled with the government.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/state-action/"
}

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