color of law

We don't need school board policies being enforced under color of law.

Although illegal, it can be performed under the color of law.

In other words, just because something is done with the "color of law" does not mean that the action was lawful.

This they count a juster cause of war than the other, because those injuries are done under some color of laws.

Screws argued that his actions were not covered by the statute, because he had not killed Hall under color of law.

He was sentenced to ten years in prison for willful deprivation of liberty without due process under color of law.

God made man upright, but he has sought out many inventions, some of them under color of law, to cheat the other fellow.

Perez, 46, was indicted on four civil rights offenses that involved aggravated sexual abuse "while acting under the color of law," court records show.

But a civil rights count is limited to defendants who act "under color of law" - that is, wielding government authority.

Under the color of law.

His self-coup had the color of law due to a 1917 act granting certain legislative powers to the then-Imperial cabinet.

Although the sheriff's deputies would be acting under the color of law, they were paid for and under the control of the coal companies.

All six strikes were so-called targeted killings, the deliberate slaying of a specific person by a government under color of law.

(We have also prosecuted other state officials who committed sexual assault under color of law, such as judges and city officials.)

Federal prosecutors charged Feliciano Sanchez with deprivation of rights under color of law.

And there were methods of discouragement that did not bother with the color of law - that is to say, terror.

William Ferguson was also found guilty of several firearm offenses and deprivation of rights under color of law.

General Crook was named as the formal defendant because he was holding the Ponca under color of law.

Color of law refers to an appearance of legal power to act but which may operate in violation of law.

Criminal acts under color of law include acts within and beyond the bounds or limits of lawful authority.

Bonner pled guilty in April to one count of deprivation of civil rights under color of law.

Color of law may include public officials and non-governmental employees who are not law enforcement officers such as judges, prosecutors, and private security guards.

A public servant executing a warrant or other process in good faith and under color of law shall be deemed to be acting lawfully.

His first novel, The Color of Law, was a New York Times bestseller.

The officer was prosecuted under 18 U.S.C. 242 for intentional use of unreasonable force under the color of law.