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D'AMARIO v. PROVIDENCE CIVIC CENTER AUTHORITY

No. 85-1357.

783 F.2d 1 (1986)

Arthur D'AMARIO, III, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. The PROVIDENCE CIVIC CENTER AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Hines, Jr., Providence, R.I., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Patricia A. Hurst, Providence, R.I., for defendant, appellee Providence Civic Center.

Andrew S. Richardson, Providence, R.I., for defendant, appellee Frank Russo & Gemini Concerts, Inc.

Before BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and HILL, District Judge.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether there is sufficient state involvement in the activities conducted by appellees in the Providence Civic Center (Civic Center) as to constitute action "under color of state law" within the meaning of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983;1 i.e., whether there was "state action."2 This question was decided adversely to plaintiff...

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