National League of Cities v. Usery
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National League of Cities v. Usery was a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that temporarily limited Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause by holding that federal wage and hour regulations could not be applied to traditional state government functions.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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federal court case → |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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federalism → labor and employment law → |
| arguedDate |
March 2, 1976
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| citation |
426 U.S. 833
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| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
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Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → |
| country |
United States
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| court |
Supreme Court of the United States
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| decisionDate |
June 24, 1976
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| decisionType |
5–4 decision
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| dissentingOpinionBy |
Harry A. Blackmun
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John Paul Stevens → Thurgood Marshall → William J. Brennan Jr. → |
| distinguishedFrom |
Maryland v. Wirtz
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| doctrine |
traditional governmental functions test
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| followedBy |
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
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| fullName |
National League of Cities et al. v. Usery, Secretary of Labor, et al.
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| holding |
Congress may not, under the Commerce Clause, directly displace the States’ freedom to structure integral operations in areas of traditional governmental functions
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minimum wage and maximum hour provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act could not constitutionally be applied to certain state employees performing traditional governmental functions → |
| impact |
temporarily restricted Congress’s ability to impose wage and hour regulations on state and local governments
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| joinedByInMajority |
Byron R. White
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Lewis F. Powell Jr. → Potter Stewart → Warren E. Burger → |
| jurisdiction |
federal question jurisdiction
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| languageOfOpinion |
English
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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 |
William H. Rehnquist
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| overruledBy |
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
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| overruledByCitation |
469 U.S. 528
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| overruledByYear |
1985
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| page |
833
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| petitioner |
National League of Cities
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| precedentFor |
temporary limitation on federal regulation of state governmental functions
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| relatedCase |
Maryland v. Wirtz
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| reporter |
United States Reports
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| respondent |
William J. Usery Jr.
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| respondentOffice |
United States Secretary of Labor
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| statuteInterpreted |
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
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| subsequentStatus |
expressly overruled and no longer controlling precedent on the Tenth Amendment limits announced in the case
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| volume |
426
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| year |
1976
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Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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National League of Cities v. Usery
("National League of Cities et al. v. Usery, Secretary of Labor, et al.")
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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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laterLimitedBy |
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Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
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overruledCase |
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Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
("National League of Cities v. Usery, 426 U.S. 833 (1976)")
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overruledPrecedent |