Alexander v. Gino's Inc.

How later courts describe this case

• dismissal of plaintiffs 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction affirmed where the state action that was alleged was wholly unconvincing
• dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of a suit under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 after a full evidentiary hearing was not error
• federal courts may raise issue of subject matter jurisdiction sua sponte at any stage of proceeding
• dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of a suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 after a full evidentiary hearing was not error
• case dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction after a full evidentiary hearing
• case dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction after a full evidentia-ry hearing
• a threat by police officers dispatched to the scene of a private repossession to arrest the owner of property in the process of foreclosure unless the owner desisted the use of loud and abusive language did not constitute official participation in the repossession
• an agency “can disavow” the unauthorized promises of its agents