Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles

delivered the opinion of the Court. '

In Golden State Transit Corp. v. Los Angeles, 475 U. S. 608 (1986) (Golden State I), we held that the respondent city-had violated federal law by conditioning the renewal of petitioner’s taxicab franchise on settlement of a pending labor dispute between petitioner and its union. On remand, the District Court enjoined the city to reinstate the franchise but concluded that 42 U. S. C. § 1983 (1982 ed.)1 did not authorize an award of compensatory damages. The court reasoned that “the supremacy clause does not create individual rights that may be vindicated in…