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 ⓘ
state-operated schools ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
labor law ⓘ
citation 392 U.S. 183 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInvolved 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 1968 ⓘ
decisionDirection upheld federal power ⓘ
enforcedProvision federal minimum wage requirements ⓘ
federal overtime pay requirements ⓘ
fullCaseName Maryland v. Wirtz ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: John M. Harlan II
partyTypePetitioner state government ⓘ
partyTypeRespondent federal executive official ⓘ
petitioner State of Maryland ⓘ
linked to: Maryland
precedentFor broad interpretation of congressional commerce power over state activities ⓘ
reasoning employment in state-operated schools and hospitals substantially affects interstate commerce ⓘ
respondent Wirtz, Secretary of Labor of the United States ⓘ
result Fair Labor Standards Act amendments upheld as applied to state-operated schools and hospitals ⓘ
statuteInvolved Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ
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 ⓘ
minimum wage ⓘ
overtime pay ⓘ
vote 7-2 ⓘ
yearArgued 1968 ⓘ

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