state compulsion test
state-compulsion test. Civil-rights law. The rule that a state is responsible for discrimination that a private party commits while acting under the requirements of state law, as when a restaurant owner is required by state law to refuse service to minorities. Adickes v. S.H. Kress & Co., 398 U.S. 144, 90 S.Ct. 1598 (1970). See SYMBIOTIC-RELATIONSHIP TEST; NEXUS TEST. [Cases: Civil Rights 1326(4, 7). C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 92–94.]
