American Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co. v. Sullivan, 526 U.S. 40, 26 (1999)

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Cite as: 526 U. S. 40 (1999)

Opinion of Stevens, J.

insurance company is a state actor is relevant to the controlling question whether the state procedures are fair. The relevant state actors, rather than the particular parties to the payment disputes, are the state-appointed decisionmakers who implement the exclusive procedure that the State has created to protect respondents' rights. These state actors are defendants in this suit. See ante, at 51. Second, the Court fails to answer either the question whether the State's procedures were fair when the case was filed or the question whether they are fair now.

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