...any person who fails to prevent or to aid in preventing any wrongs mentioned in section 47 of Title 8 which he had knowledge were about to occur and power...statute, ordinance, regulation, custom or usage, of any risrht, privilege or immunity secured by the Constitution of the United n States or by any Act...

...from any person who fails to prevent or to aid in preventing any wrongs mentioned in section 1U8T» of Title 42 which he had knowledge were about to occur and jxnver to prevent ; (3) To redress the deprivation, under color of any State law, statute, ordinance,...

...section 1965 of Title 42 ; (2) To recover damages from any person who fails to prevent or to aid i preventing any wrongs mentioned in section 1985 of Title 42 which he knowledge were about to occur and power to prevent ; (3) To redress the deprivation, under color of...

...have original jurisdiction of any civil action authorized by law to be commenced by any person ... to redress the deprivation, under color of any State...of any right, privilege or immunity secured by the Constitvtion of the United States . . . The complaint in this case is, in terms of 28 USC § 1343(3),...

...despatch. He concluded, in a thoroughly reasoned opinion, that plaintiffs had failed to show action "under color of any State law, statute, ordinance, regulation, custom or usage" . . . and dismissed the complaint for want of federal jurisdiction. We expedited the appeal. VI We...

...in inapplicable, and the district court shall proceed to judgment, in actions to redress the denial, under color of any State law, statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of the right to vote or of the equal protection of the laws, if such denial is alleged to be on the basis...

...have original jurisdiction of any civil action authorized by law to be commenced by any person .... (3) To redress the deprivation, under color of any State law, statute, ordinance, régulation, custom or usage, of any right, privilege or immunity secured by the Constitution of the...

...surrounding the passage of section 1343(3) and its predecessors10 and the legislative history 7. (continued/ 3) to redress the deprivation, under color of any state law, statute or ordinance, regulation, custom or usage, of any right, privilege or immunity secured by the Constitution...

...attorney's fees awards under the Act. The Congress should amend the Fees Act to apply only to civil actions to redress the deprivation, under color of any state...ordinance, regulation, custom or usage, of any right secured by a provision of the Constitution of the United States or an Act of Congress providing for...

...the Act. RECOMMENDATION NO. 2: The Congress should amend the Fees Act to apply only to civil actions to redress the deprivation, under color of any state...ordinance, regulation, custom or usage, of any right secured by a provision of the Constitution of the United States or an Act of Congress providing for...