Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority - Background To Dispute, Case Goes To The U.s. Supreme Court, Four Justices Dissent

Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority - Further Readings

Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority - Background To Dispute

When the federal government first designed minimum wage and overtime requirements in 1938, transportation and government employees were exempt. In 1974 Congress enacted amendments to the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which nullified those exemptions. The San Antonio Transit System, later known as the San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (SAMTA), complied with the requirements until the …

Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority - Case Goes To The U.s. Supreme Court

In considering Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, the Supreme Court weighed the viability of the decision first reached in National League of Cities. In that case the Court outlined four questions regarding Tenth Amendment and states' rights that should be answered before enforcing wage requirements. These questions addressed violations of state interests and sovereignty. Equall…

Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority - Four Justices Dissent

In the dissenting opinion written by Justice Powell, grave reservations were voiced about the consequences of overturning National League of Cities. Most important, the four dissenting justices did not feel that the case presented in Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority was strong enough to overturn all of the prior decisions based on National League of Cities. This argument was bo…