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Legal Citation: 469 U.S. 528 (1985)

Appellant
Joe G. Garcia

Appellee
San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, et al.

Appellant's Claim
That the San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (SAMTA) owed their employees overtime pay according to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Laurence Gold

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
William T. Coleman, Jr.

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun (writing for the Court), William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Warren E. Burger, Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
19 February 1985

Decision
SAMTA was not immune from overtime and minimum wage requirements set forth in...