joint participation

joint participation. Civil-rights law. A pursuit undertaken by a private person in concert with a governmental entity or state official, resulting in the private person’s performing public functions and thereby being subject to claims under the civil-rights laws. — Also termed joint activity. See SYMBIOTIC-RELATIONSHIP TEST; NEXUS TEST. [Cases: Civil Rights 1326(5). C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 92–94.]

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