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Momentum is building in a case regarding homeless encampments that will be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court next month and could have major implications for cities as homelessness nationwide ...
The Supreme Court wrestled with major questions about the growing issue of homelessness on Monday as it considered whether cities can punish people for sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking.
People camp alongside the Marion Parkade in Salem in January 2023. Momentum is building in a major case regarding homeless encampments that is before the U.S. Supreme Court.
City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, 603 U.S. 520 (2024), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that local government ordinances with civil and criminal penalties for camping on public land do not constitute cruel and unusual punishment of homeless people. [1]
Homeless-rights activists hold a rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on April 22, 2024 in Washington, D.C., as the Supreme Court heard oral argument in City of Grants Pass, Oregon v.
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.
This is a list of cases before the United States Supreme Court that the Court has agreed to hear and has not yet decided. [1] [2] [3] Future argument dates are in parentheses; arguments in these cases have been scheduled, but have not, and potentially may not, take place.
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 ...