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
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
federal court case ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
labor and employment law ⓘ
arguedDate March 2, 1976 ⓘ
citation 426 U.S. 833 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Commerce Clause

Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate June 24, 1976 ⓘ
decisionType 5–4 decision ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Maryland v. Wirtz ⓘ
doctrine traditional governmental functions test ⓘ
followedBy Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority ⓘ
fullName National League of Cities et al. v. Usery, Secretary of Labor, et al. ⓘ
holding Congress may not, under the Commerce Clause, directly displace the States’ freedom to structure integral operations in areas of traditional governmental functions ⓘ
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 ⓘ
joinedByInMajority Byron R. White ⓘ
Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
Potter Stewart ⓘ
Warren E. Burger ⓘ
jurisdiction federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
languageOfOpinion English ⓘ
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 William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
overruledBy Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority ⓘ
overruledByCitation 469 U.S. 528 ⓘ
overruledByYear 1985 ⓘ
page 833 ⓘ
petitioner National League of Cities ⓘ
precedentFor temporary limitation on federal regulation of state governmental functions ⓘ
relatedCase Maryland v. Wirtz ⓘ
reporter United States Reports ⓘ
respondent William J. Usery Jr. ⓘ
respondentOffice United States Secretary of Labor ⓘ
statuteInterpreted Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ⓘ
subsequentStatus expressly overruled and no longer controlling precedent on the Tenth Amendment limits announced in the case ⓘ
volume 426 ⓘ
year 1976 ⓘ

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Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → keyCase → National League of Cities v. Usery ⓘ
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority → overruledCase → National League of Cities v. Usery ⓘ
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority → overruledPrecedent → National League of Cities v. Usery, 426 U.S. 833 (1976) ⓘ
linked to: National League of Cities v. Usery
National League of Cities v. Usery → fullName → National League of Cities et al. v. Usery, Secretary of Labor, et al. ⓘ
linked to: National League of Cities v. Usery
Maryland v. Wirtz → laterLimitedBy → National League of Cities v. Usery ⓘ
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