Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority

E13963

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.

AI illustration

How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (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.)

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

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 ⓘ
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 Justice Byron R. White ⓘ
linked to: Byron R. White

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
Justice Warren E. Burger ⓘ
linked to: Warren E. Burger

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, 469 U.S. 528 (1985) ⓘ
geographicContext San Antonio, Texas ⓘ
linked to: San Antonio
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 Justice John Paul Stevens ⓘ
linked to: John Paul Stevens

Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Justice Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
linked to: Thurgood Marshall

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 Justice Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
linked to: Harry A. Blackmun
overruledCase National League of Cities v. Usery ⓘ
overruledPrecedent 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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, 469 U.S. 528 (1985) ⓘ
linked to: Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
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, 469 U.S. 528 (1985) ⓘ
linked to: Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority