United States Ninth Circuit

A newspaper and its employees, who recorded for the paper's own purposes a search conducted by a county humane society, did not serve any government function or engage in any joint action with the county, and thus were not state actors under the Fourth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/06/2002
• Decided 06/28/2002
• Published 06/28/2002

Judges

• Before TROTT, THOMAS and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Henry H. Rossbacher (Argued), Rossbacher & Associates, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant., Nanci E. Nishimura (Briefed), Rossbacher & Associates, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kelli L. Sager (Argued and Briefed), Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.