private conduct
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From 334 U.S. 1 - Shelley v. Kraemer · 1948Most cited · 3,965 citing opinions
the action inhibited by the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment is only such action as may fairly be said to be that of the States. That Amendment erects no shield against merely private conduct, however discriminatory or wrongful.