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Martin v. Boise (full case name Robert Martin, Lawrence Lee Smith, Robert Anderson, Janet F. Bell, Pamela S. Hawkes, and Basil E. Humphrey v.City of Boise) was a 2018 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit regarding anti-camping ordinances targeting homeless people, effectively overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2024.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court upheld on Friday anti-camping laws used by authorities in an Oregon city to stop homeless people from sleeping in public parks and public streets - a ...
The appellate court relied on a 1962 Supreme Court decision that said the Eighth Amendment prevented criminalizing someone’s status — in Martin v. Boise, the status of homelessness. The 1962 ...
“Today’s United States Supreme Court ruling is a victory for common sense and judicial restraint. Justice Neil Gorsuch states it perfectly: ‘Homelessness is complex. Its causes are many.
Grants Pass, Oregon, sought to impose anti-camping, anti-sleeping, and parking exclusion ordinances to dissuade homeless individuals from residing on its public land.. The Oregon Law Center, which supports low-income Oregonians, filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of Debra Blake (1959–2021) in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon in October 2018. [4]
Yes, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday in a 6-3 decision. Though the case originated thousands of miles away in Oregon , it has implications for the Bluegrass State.
Supreme Court Holding, Clark v. C.C.N.V. (a) Assuming that overnight sleeping in connection with the demonstration is expressive conduct protected to some extent by the First Amendment, the regulation forbidding sleeping meets the requirements for a reasonable time, place, or manner restriction of expression, whether oral, written, or ...
A ruling by the Supreme Court is expected by the end of June. This article originally appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: SCOTUS scrutinizes laws used against homeless people in Oregon Show comments