Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority

After the Court's decision in National League of Cities v. Usery held the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) couldn't regulate state employees' wages and hours, the San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (SAMTA) (defendant) stopped paying its employees under FLSA standards; when the Department of Labor concluded SAMTA's operations weren't a "traditional government function" protected under National League of Cities, SAMTA sued for a declaration it wasn't subject to FLSA regulation, while employee Garcia and others (plaintiffs) separately sued SAMTA for overtime back pay. The district court ruled for SAMTA both before and after an earlier Supreme Court remand, and the case reached the Supreme Court again on further appeal.