With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". state action for the purposes of the Fourteenth Amendment and section 1983. The second theory is the so-called “public function” theory: that the State of Illinois has allowed hotel proprietors to perform a governmental function in enforcing their lien, and therefore that their actions must be governed by constitutional limitations. A. Entwinement The proper focus for determining whether state action exists under this theory was recently stated by the Supreme Court as follows: [T]he inquiry must be whether there is a sufficiently close nexus between the State and the challenged action of the regulated entity so that the action of the latter may be fairly treated as that of the State itself. Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co., 419 U.S. 345, 351, 95 S.Ct. 449, 453, 42 L.Ed.2d 477 (1974) (<HOLDING>). The test is whether the state has

A: holding that the termination of electric service by a public utility for nonpayment of bills was not state action
B: holding that warehouse companys sale of customers goods for nonpayment of storage charges did not constitute state action though authorized by state statute
C: recognizing the fundamental objective in utility ratemaking  that customers who benefit from a service should bear the costs of providing that service quotation marks omitted
D: holding defendants act of disconnecting gas service for nonpayment was not proximate cause of plaintiffs carbon monoxide poisoning
A.