Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority

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Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority is a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held Congress can apply federal wage and hour laws to state and local governments under the Commerce Clause, significantly limiting Tenth Amendment-based constraints on federal power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Supreme Court case
federalism case
landmark decision
areaOfLaw constitutional law
federalism
labor and employment law
citation 469 U.S. 528
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Commerce Clause
Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
surface form: Tenth Amendment
courtTerm 1984 Term of the U.S. Supreme Court
decidedBy Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate 1985-02-19
decisionType 5–4 decision
dissentingOpinionBy Byron R. White
surface form: Justice Byron R. White

Sandra Day O’Connor
surface form: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

Warren E. Burger
surface form: Justice Warren E. Burger

William H. Rehnquist
surface form: Justice William H. Rehnquist
docketNumber 82-1913
effectOnFederalismDoctrine narrowed Tenth Amendment-based limits on Congress’s Commerce Clause power
effectOnStates subjected state and local government employees to federal minimum wage and overtime requirements
fullName Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority self-linksurface differs
surface form: Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985)
geographicContext San Antonio
surface form: San Antonio, Texas
holding Congress may apply the Fair Labor Standards Act’s wage and hour provisions to employees of state and local governments under the Commerce Clause
the Tenth Amendment does not bar application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to a municipally owned and operated mass transit system
impact expanded congressional authority to regulate state and local governmental activities under the Commerce Clause
joinedMajority John Paul Stevens
surface form: Justice John Paul Stevens

Lewis F. Powell Jr.
surface form: Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Thurgood Marshall
surface form: Justice Thurgood Marshall

William J. Brennan Jr.
surface form: Justice William J. Brennan Jr.
jurisdiction United States federal law
legalIssue Tenth Amendment limits on federal power
application of Fair Labor Standards Act to state and local governments
scope of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause
majorityOpinionBy Harry A. Blackmun
surface form: Justice Harry A. Blackmun
overruledCase National League of Cities v. Usery
overruledPrecedent National League of Cities v. Usery
surface form: National League of Cities v. Usery, 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
pageInUnitedStatesReports 528
petitioner Joe G. Garcia
precedentStatus good law as to overruling National League of Cities v. Usery
relatedConcept political safeguards of federalism
state sovereign interests
respondent San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
statuteInterpreted Fair Labor Standards Act
subjectMatter coverage of a municipally operated mass transit system under federal wage and hour law
volumeInUnitedStatesReports 469

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Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution keyCase Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority fullName Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985)
National League of Cities v. Usery overruledBy Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
National League of Cities v. Usery followedBy Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974 subjectOf Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
Maryland v. Wirtz laterRelatedCase Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court hasNotableCase Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
Joe G. Garcia knownFor Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
Joe G. Garcia legalCase Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
Joe G. Garcia partyTo Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
this entity surface form: Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985)