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Legal Citation: 426 U.S. 833 (1976)

Appellant
National League of Cities, et al.

Appellee
W. J. Usery Jr., U.S. Secretary of Labor

Appellant's Claim
That 1974 congressional amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act, placing state governments under the authority of minimum wage and maximum hour provisions in the act, constituted a violation of the Tenth Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Charles S. Rhyne

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Robert Bork, U.S. Solicitor General

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Potter Stewart

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
24 June 1976