Maryland v. Wirtz
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Maryland v. Wirtz was a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the extension of federal minimum wage and overtime provisions to employees of state-operated schools and hospitals under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
→
federal court case → |
| affectedEntity |
state-operated hospitals
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state-operated schools → |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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federalism → labor law → |
| citation | 392 U.S. 183 → |
| constitutionalProvisionInvolved |
Commerce Clause
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surface form:
Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States → |
| decisionDate | 1968 → |
| decisionDirection | upheld federal power → |
| enforcedProvision |
federal minimum wage requirements
→
federal overtime pay requirements → |
| fullCaseName | Maryland v. Wirtz self-link → |
| holding |
Congress could extend Fair Labor Standards Act coverage to employees of state-operated schools and hospitals under the Commerce Clause
→
federal minimum wage and overtime provisions validly applied to certain state employees → |
| impact | expanded coverage of Fair Labor Standards Act to public sector employees in education and health institutions → |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| laterLimitedBy | National League of Cities v. Usery → |
| laterRelatedCase | Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority → |
| legalIssue |
application of federal minimum wage and overtime to state employees
→
constitutionality of Fair Labor Standards Act amendments → scope of the Commerce Clause → |
| majorityOpinionBy | Justice John Marshall Harlan II NERFINISHED → |
| partyTypePetitioner | state government → |
| partyTypeRespondent | federal executive official → |
| petitioner |
Maryland
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surface form:
State of Maryland
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| precedentFor | broad interpretation of congressional commerce power over state activities → |
| reasoning | employment in state-operated schools and hospitals substantially affects interstate commerce → |
| respondent |
United States Secretary of Labor
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surface form:
Wirtz, Secretary of Labor of the United States
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| result | Fair Labor Standards Act amendments upheld as applied to state-operated schools and hospitals → |
| statuteInvolved |
Fair Labor Standards Act
→
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1966 →
surface form:
Fair Labor Standards Act Amendments of 1966
|
| subjectMatter | application of federal labor standards to state governments → |
| tenthAmendmentClaim | states argued federal regulation infringed reserved powers → |
| tenthAmendmentHolding | Court rejected Tenth Amendment challenge to FLSA coverage in this context → |
| topic |
federal regulation of state employment
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minimum wage → overtime pay → |
| vote | 7-2 → |
| yearArgued | 1968 → |
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