January 12, 2024
Civic leaders rejoiced Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court decided to review a Ninth Circuit ruling allowing people to camp on public property in an Oregon city when shelters lack space, while advocates for unhoused people called the move "troubling."
December 20, 2023
Grants Pass, Oregon, wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit decision that allowed camping on public property because the ruling conflicts with other high court judgments and has wreaked havoc on western U.S. cities, the city said in a response brief Wednesday.
December 06, 2023
Opponents of a Grants Pass, Oregon, law banning camping in public places told the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday it should reject the city's appeal of a Ninth Circuit ruling finding the law to be cruel and unusual punishment for effectively criminalizing homelessness.
October 03, 2023
San Francisco Mayor London Breed has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Ninth Circuit ruling on an Oregon city's homeless enforcement policies, arguing that an appellate panel's erroneous decision "wreaked practical havoc in courts" and on the streets of her city and others in the circuit's jurisdiction.
September 21, 2023
Arizona's House speaker and Senate president urged the U.S. Supreme Court this week to undo a Ninth Circuit ruling that has halted the criminalization of "involuntarily homeless" residents in Oregon, alleging it violates the principles of federalism and separation of powers.
September 13, 2023
Phoenix home and business owners have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a Ninth Circuit ruling that prevents an Oregon city from removing homeless encampments, saying the decision has cast widespread confusion and led to an increase in homelessness throughout its jurisdiction, according to an amici curiae brief.
August 28, 2023
The city of Grants Pass, Oregon, wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the city's enforcement of laws banning people who are involuntarily homeless from camping out in public parks.