company town
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From 407 U.S. 551 - Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner · 1972Most cited · 1,115 citing opinions
The closest decision in theory, Marsh v. Alabama, supra, involved the assumption by a private enterprise of all of the attributes of a state-created municipality and the exercise by that enterprise of semiofficial municipal functions as a delegate of the State. In effect, the owner of the company town was performing the full spectrum of municipal powers and stood in the shoes of the State.