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.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
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federalism case → landmark decision → |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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federalism → labor and employment law → |
| citation |
469 U.S. 528
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| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Commerce Clause
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Tenth Amendment → |
| courtTerm |
1984 Term of the U.S. Supreme Court
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| decidedBy |
Supreme Court of the United States
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| decisionDate |
1985-02-19
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| decisionType |
5–4 decision
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| dissentingOpinionBy |
Justice Byron R. White
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Justice Sandra Day O’Connor → Justice Warren E. Burger → Justice William H. Rehnquist → |
| docketNumber |
82-1913
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| effectOnFederalismDoctrine |
narrowed Tenth Amendment-based limits on Congress’s Commerce Clause power
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| effectOnStates |
subjected state and local government employees to federal minimum wage and overtime requirements
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| fullName |
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985)
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| geographicContext |
San Antonio, Texas
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| 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
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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
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| joinedMajority |
Justice John Paul Stevens
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Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. → Justice Thurgood Marshall → Justice William J. Brennan Jr. → |
| jurisdiction |
United States federal law
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| legalIssue |
Tenth Amendment limits on federal power
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application of Fair Labor Standards Act to state and local governments → scope of Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause → |
| majorityOpinionBy |
Justice Harry A. Blackmun
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| overruledCase |
National League of Cities v. Usery
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| overruledPrecedent |
National League of Cities v. Usery, 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
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| pageInUnitedStatesReports |
528
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| petitioner |
Joe G. Garcia
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| precedentStatus |
good law as to overruling National League of Cities v. Usery
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| relatedConcept |
political safeguards of federalism
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state sovereign interests → |
| respondent |
San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
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| statuteInterpreted |
Fair Labor Standards Act
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| subjectMatter |
coverage of a municipally operated mass transit system under federal wage and hour law
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| volumeInUnitedStatesReports |
469
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Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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National League of Cities v. Usery
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followedBy |
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Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
("Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985)")
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fullName |
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United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court
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hasNotableCase |
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Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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keyCase |
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Maryland v. Wirtz
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laterRelatedCase |
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National League of Cities v. Usery
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overruledBy |
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Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974
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subjectOf |