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In a terribly wrong decision from June 28, the court held that cities may enforce anti-camping ordinances, including criminal laws, against homeless individuals. The ruling does not require that ...
U.S. Supreme Court justices confronted the nation's homelessness crisis on Monday as they wrestled with the legality of local laws used against people who camp on public streets and parks in a ...
The appeals court ruled 2-1 that Grants Pass, which is about 250 miles south of Portland, cannot “enforce its anti-camping ordinances against homeless persons for the mere act of sleeping ...
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.
U.S. Supreme Court justices confronted the homelessness crisis on Monday as they wrestled with a case involving an Oregon city's anti-vagrancy policy. US Supreme Court scrutinizes anti-camping ...
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Friday that will allow cities to ban public camping will bolster Florida's recent move to hold local municipalities accountable for their homeless populations. The ...
After rehearing the case en banc, the Ninth Circuit on May 28, 1996, reversed the earlier panel and affirmed the District Court's decision, in an opinion by Judge Stephen Reinhardt. [4] Washington Attorney General Christine Gregoire petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari, which was granted. The case was argued before the Supreme ...
The appellate court relied on a 1962 Supreme Court decision that said the Eighth Amendment prevented criminalizing someone’s status — in this case, homelessness. The 1962 case, Robinson v.