Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
1985 U.S. Supreme Court case concerning the Fair Labor Standards Act / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985), is a landmark United States Supreme Court[1] decision in which the Court held that the Congress has the power under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution to extend the Fair Labor Standards Act, which requires that employers provide minimum wage and overtime pay to their employees, to state and local governments.[2] In this case, the Court overruled its previous decision in National League of Cities v. Usery,[3] in which the Court had held that regulation of the activities of state and local governments "in areas of traditional governmental functions" would violate the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority | |
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Argued March 19, 1984 Reargued October 1, 1984 Decided February 19, 1985 | |
Full case name | Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, et al. |
Citations | 469 U.S. 528 (more) 105 S. Ct. 1005; 83 L. Ed. 2d 1016; 85 U.S. LEXIS 48; 53 U.S.L.W. 4135; 102 Lab. Cas. (CCH) ¶ 34,633; 36 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) ¶ 34,995; 27 Wage & Hour Cas. (BNA) 65 |
Case history | |
Prior | Summary judgment granted to plaintiff San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 557 F. Supp. 445 (W.D. Tex. 1982); probable jurisdiction noted, 464 U.S. 812 (1983). |
Subsequent | Petition for rehearing denied April 15, 1985 |
Holding | |
Congress had the authority under the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution to apply the Fair Labor Standards Act to a municipal mass transit system operated by a governmental entity. District Court for the Western District of Texas reversed. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Blackmun, joined by Brennan, White, Marshall, Stevens |
Dissent | Powell, joined by Burger, Rehnquist, O'Connor |
Dissent | Rehnquist |
Dissent | O'Connor, joined by Rehnquist, Powell |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV, Commerce Clause, Necessary and Proper Clause; Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 | |
This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings | |
National League of Cities v. Usery, 426 U.S. 833 (1976) |