The following excerpt is from Jensen v. Farrell Lines, Inc., 625 F.2d 379 (2nd Cir. 1980):
The other general approach is to examine the conduct of the private actor and ask whether the state and the private actor have a "symbiotic relationship," id. at 357, 95 S.Ct. at 457, making them so significantly involved with one another as to render the private actor subject to the constitutional responsibilities of the state. Compare Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority,
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