National League of Cities v. Usery

Case Date: 05/05/1976

National League of Cities v. Usery, 426 U.S. 833 (1976)[1], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Fair Labor Standards Act could not constitutionally be applied to state governments. The case was overruled by Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985).