Dorothy Bester v. Chicago Transit Authority

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

In Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528, 554, 105 S.Ct. 1005, 1019, 83 L.Ed.2d 1016 (1985), the Supreme Court overruled National League of Cities v. Usery, 426 U.S. 833, 96 S.Ct. 2465, 49 L.Ed.2d 245 (1976) 1 and held that the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) applied to all state and municipal employees including those performing services classified as traditional government functions. Public entities providing schools, hospitals, fire prevention, police protection, sanitation, public health, and…