Legal Opinion
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 15, 1985No. 82-1913PublishedCited by 1,289 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
We revisit in these cases an issue raised in National League of Cities v. Usery, 426 U. S. 833 (1976). In that litigation, this Court, by a sharply divided vote, ruled that the Commerce Clause does not empower Congress to enforce the minimum-wage and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) against the States “in areas of traditional governmental functions.” Id., at 852. Although National League of Cities supplied some examples of “traditional governmental functions,” it did not offer a general explanation of how a “traditional” function is to be distinguished from a…
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