COLOR OF LAW

"Although Price concerned a criminal prosecution involving 18 U.S.C. § 242, we have previously held that "under color of law" means the same thing for § 1983. Monroe v. Pape, supra, at 365 U. S. 185 (majority opinion), 365 U. S. 212 (opinion of Frankfurter, J.); United States v. Price, supra, at 383 U. S. 794 n. 7."