No. 23-175
City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson, et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated
Amici (109)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)
Tags: 8th-amendment circuit-split civil-citations constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment homeless-rights homelessness public-camping
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Latest Conference:
2024-01-12
(distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Does the enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property constitute "cruel and unusual punishment" prohibited by the Eighth Amendment?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property constitute 'cruel and unusual punishment' prohibited by the Eighth Amendment?
Docket Entries
2024-07-30
Judgment Issued.
2024-06-28
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-175_19m2.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Sotomayor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kagan and Jackson, JJ., joined.
2024-04-22
Argued. For petitioner: Theane D. Evangelis, Los Angeles, Cal. For United States, as amicus curiae: Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Kelsi B. Corkran, Washington, D. C.
2024-04-12
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED.
2024-04-12
Reply of petitioner City of Grants Pass filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-10
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on March 6, 2024. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of Oregon Food Bank, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of Southern Poverty Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of Criminal Law and Punishment Scholars filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and Nineteen Affiliates filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of Services Providers filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund et al. filed.
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of Juvenile Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of The Center for Constitutional Rights, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amicus curiae of Fund for Empowerment filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of American Psychiatric Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amicus curiae of The National Homelessness Law Center filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of National Women's Shelter Network, Inc, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amicus curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of Formerly Incarcerated, Convicted People and Families Movement, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of Corporation for Supportive Housing, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of State of Maryland, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of Fines and Fees Justice Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of Matthew Doherty, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of Public Health Professionals and Organizations filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of National Alliance to End Homelessness, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of StrongHearts Native Helpline, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of 57 Social Scientists with Published Research on Homelessness filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of The National Police Accountability Project, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of Better Days Ahead Outreach Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of Professors William P. Quigley, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amicus curiae of Emory Civil Rights Society filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of Current U.N. Special Rapporteurs filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amicus curiae of Safety Net Project of the Urban Justice Center filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
Brief amici curiae of Congressional Amici Curiae filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-02
Brief amici curiae of Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-02
Brief amicus curiae of Advocates for Empowerment CA filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-02
Brief amici curiae of Los Angeles Catholic Worker, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-02
Brief amici curiae of Current & Former San Francisco Officials and Civic Organizations filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-02
Brief amici curiae of Local Progress Impact Lab, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-02
Brief amici curiae of Advocates for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-02
Brief amici curiae of Western Regional Advocacy Project filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-01
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed.
2024-03-27
CIRCULATED
2024-03-27
Brief of respondents Gloria Johnson, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-03-22
Brief amicus curiae of National Coalition for Men filed.
2024-03-19
Brief amici curiae of Oregon Quakers, et al. filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of Grants Pass Gospel Rescue Mission filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amici curiae of Thirteen California Cities filed (March 11, 2024).
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Michael J.Z. Mannheimer filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of California Governor Gavin Newsom in support of neither party filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amici curiae of Tiana Tozer, Philip Rhodes, Barbara Jacobsen, Dane Southard, Lorien Ilena Welchoff, Pauline Long, Mark Barnhill, Steve Jackson, Keith Martin and Steven Rebischke filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amici curiae of Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and Central City Association of Los Angeles filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amici curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. and Retail Industry Leaders Association filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amici curiae of League of Oregon Cities et al. (March 11, 2024) filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in support of neither party filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of City of San Clemente filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of Brentwood Community Council filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United State of America, et al. filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amici curiae of Neighbors for a Better San Francisco et al. filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of California in support of neither party filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amici curiae of Manhattan Institute, Stephen Eide, and Judge Glock filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of City of Chico filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of San Bernardino County, California filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of Professor John F. Stinneford filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of LONANG Institute filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Research Institute filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of Cicero Institute filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amici curiae of Local Government Legal Center, et al. filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amici curiae of Bay Area Council et al. filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amici curiae of City of Phoenix, et al. filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of City of Los Angeles in support of neither party filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amicus curiae of County of Los Angeles in support of neither party filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amici curiae of International Downtown Association, et al. filed.
2024-03-04
Brief amici curiae of Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives Ben Toma, et al. filed.
2024-03-01
Brief amici curiae of State of Idaho, Montana, and 22 Other States filed.
2024-03-01
Brief amici curiae of California State Association of Counties, et al. filed.
2024-03-01
Brief amicus curiae of District Attorney of San Diego County filed.
2024-03-01
Brief amici curiae of City and County of San Francisco, et al. in support of neither party filed.
2024-03-01
Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
2024-03-01
Brief amicus curiae of District Attorney of Sacramento County filed.
2024-02-29
Brief amicus curiae of Venice Stakeholders Association filed (March 8, 2024).
2024-02-29
Brief amici curiae of California State Sheriffs' Association, et al. filed (March 7, 2024).
2024-02-27
Brief amici curiae of Professors Peter W. Low and Joel S. Johnson supporting neither party filed.
2024-02-26
Brief of petitioner City of Grants Pass filed.
2024-02-26
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
2024-02-26
Brief amicus curiae of County of Orange, California filed (March 8, 2024).
2024-02-21
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
2024-02-16
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 22, 2024.
2024-01-12
Petition GRANTED.
2024-01-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2024.
2023-12-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-12-20
Reply of petitioner City of Grants Pass filed. (Distributed)
2023-12-06
Brief of respondents Gloria Johnson, et al. in opposition filed.
2023-11-03
Brief amicus curiae of City of Chico filed.
2023-10-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 6, 2023.
2023-10-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 6, 2023 to December 6, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-10-05
Response Requested. (Due November 6, 2023)
2023-10-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2023.
2023-09-25
Brief amici curiae of City and County of San Francisco, et al. filed
2023-09-25
Brief amici curiae of LA Alliance for Human Rights, et al. filed.
2023-09-25
Brief amici curiae of Idaho, et al. filed.
2023-09-25
Brief amici curiae of Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, et al. filed.
2023-09-25
Brief amicus curiae of Venice Stakeholders Association filed.
2023-09-25
Brief amici curiae of City of Phoenix, et al. filed.
2023-09-25
Brief amicus curiae of City of Los Angeles filed.
2023-09-25
Brief amicus curiae of Washington State Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs filed.
2023-09-25
Brief amici curiae of Ten California Cities and The County of Orange filed.
2023-09-25
Brief amici curiae of Bay Area Council, et al. filed.
2023-09-25
Brief amici curiae of Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, et al. filed.
2023-09-25
Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. filed.
2023-09-25
Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.
2023-09-22
Brief amici curiae of League of Oregon Cities, et al. filed.
2023-09-22
Brief amicus curiae of California Governor Gavin Newsom filed.
2023-09-22
Brief amicus curiae of Brentwood Community Council filed.
2023-09-21
Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation and California Business Properties Association filed.
2023-09-21
Brief amicus curiae of Office of San Diego County District Attorney filed.
2023-09-20
Waiver of right of respondent Gloria Johnson, et al. to respond filed.
2023-09-20
Brief amicus curiae of District Attorney of Sacramento County filed.
2023-09-20
Brief amici curiae of Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives Ben Toma, et al. filed.
2023-09-20
Brief amici curiae of California State Sheriffs' Association, et al. filed.
2023-09-19
Brief amici curiae of California State Association of Counties filed.
2023-09-19
Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed.
2023-09-11
Brief amici curiae of Freddy Brown, et al. filed.
2023-08-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 25, 2023)
Attorneys
57 SOCIAL SCIENTISTS WITH PUBLISHED RESEARCH ON HOMELESSNESS
Leslie A. Bailey — Public Justice, Amicus
Advocates for Empowerment CA
Randolph Hunter Pyle — Hunter Pyle Law, Amicus
Advocates for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
American Civil Liberties Union and Nineteen Affiliates
American Psychiatric Association, National Alliance on Mental Illness, National Association for Rural Mental Health, National Association of Social Workers, and The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Amici Curiae STRONGHEARTS NATIVE HELPLINE AND ADDITIONAL TRIBAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS
Deborah Elizabeth Greenspan — Blank Rome LLP, Amicus
Bay Area Council et al.
Better Days Ahead Outreach Inc.; Homeless Advocacy Project; Regional Housing Legal Services; Morgantown RAMP; Project Rainbow; Kanawha Valley Collective; and SOAR
Mary Hirth Tolbert — Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Amicus
Brentwood Community Council
California Governor Gavin Newsom
David Ryan Carpenter — Sidley Austin LLP, Amicus
California State Association of Counties
California State Sheriffs' Association, et al.
James R. Touchstone — Jones & Mayer, Amicus
Denise Lynn Rocawich — Jones & Mayer, Amicus
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, et al.
Steven Paul Blonder — Much Shelist, PC, Amicus
Cicero Institute
Jeffrey Matthew Harris — Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Amicus
City and County of San Francisco and Mayor London Breed
City of Chico
Eric Golas Salbert — Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin, Amicus
City of Grants Pass
Theane D. Evangelis — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Petitioner
City of Los Angeles
City of Phoenix & the League of Arizona Cities and Towns
Justin Scott Pierce — Pierce Coleman PLLC, Amicus
City of San Clemente
Jacob Moshe Roth — Jones Day, Amicus
Congressional Amici Curiae
Constitutional Accountability Center
Corporation for Supportive Housing, et al.
County of Los Angeles
Jennifer Mira Hashmall — Miller Barondess, LLP, Amicus
Nadia Ann Sarkis — Miller Barondess, LLP , Amicus
County of Orange, California
Laura Dianne Knapp — Orange County Counsel, Amicus
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
Criminal Law and Punishment Scholars
Current & Former San Francisco Officials and Civic Organizations
District Attorney of San Diego County
Emory Civil Rights Society
Fines and Fees Justice Center, Rutherford Institute, and Street Democracy
Hyland Hunt — Deutsch Hunt, PLLC, Amicus
Formerly Incarcerated, Convicted People and Families Movement, The Shriver Center on Poverty Law, and National Consumer Law Center
David J. Chizewer — Goldberg Kohn Ltd., Amicus
Freddy Brown, et al.
Ilan Wurman — Tully Bailey LLP, Amicus
Fund for Empowerment
Andrew Kim — Goodwin Procter LLP, Amicus
Gloria Johnson, et al.
Edward Beman Johnson — Oregon Law Center, Respondent
Goldwater Institute
Timothy Mason Sandefur — Goldwater Institute, Amicus
Grants Pass Gospel Rescue Mission
William F. Gary — Harrang Long P.C., Amicus
International Downtown Association, et al.
Juvenile Law Center, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., and 223 Experts on Unhoused Youth
Marsha Levick — Juvenile Law Center, Amicus
Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice and Other Religious Organizations
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Center On Budget and Policy Priorities, and National Low Income Housing Coalition
League of Oregon Cities et al.
Anit Kumar Jindal — Markowitz Herbold PC, Amicus
Local Government Legal Center, the National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, International Municipal Lawyers Association, North Dakota League of Cities, Cities of Albuquerque, Anaheim, Anchorage, Colorado Springs, Henderson, Lake Oswego
Brandon Michael Rain — Seattle City Attorney, Amicus
Local Progress Impact Lab and 156 Current and Former Local Elected Officials
LONANG Institute
Kerry Lee Morgan — Kerry L. Morgan, Amicus
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and Central City Association of Los Angeles
Eric Samuel Boorstin — Horvitz & Levy, LLP, Amicus
Los Angeles Catholic Worker, CANGRESS, Venice Justice Committee, Inner City Law Center
Carol A. Sobel — Law Office of Carol A. Sobel, Amicus
Manhattan Institute, Stephen Eide, and Judge Glock
Ilya Shapiro — Manhattan Institute, Amicus
MATTHEW DOHERTY, SHAUN DONOVAN, FRED KARNAS, AND BARBARA POPPE
Ricardo Joel Bonilla — Fish & Richardson, P.C., Amicus
Members of Congress
John Michael Reeves Jr. — Reeves Law LLC, Amicus
National Alliance to End Homelessness, Funders Together to End Homelessness, and Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Lauren Willard Zehmer — Covington & Burling LLP, Amicus
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, UCLA Veterans’ Legal Clinic and 43 Other Veterans’ Service Providers
David Ray Venderbush — Alston & Bird LLP, Amicus
National Coalition for Men
James E. Preston — Hauf & Forsythe, Amicus
National Women's Shelter Network, Inc. and National Organization for Women Foundation
Neighbors for a Better San Francisco et al.
Oregon Food Bank, et al.
David Brandon Conrad — Fish & Richardson P.C., Amicus
Oregon Quakers, et al.
Pacific Legal Foundation and California Business Properties Association
Mark Miller — Pacific Legal Foundation, Amicus
Pacific Research Institute
Erik S. Jaffe — Schaerr | Jaffe LLP, Amicus
Professor John F. Stinneford
Matthew A. Schwartz — Sullivan and Cromwell LLP, Amicus
Professor Michael J.Z. Mannheimer
Richard A. Simpson — Wiley Rein, LLP, Amicus
Professors Peter W. Low and Joel S. Johnson
Professors William P. Quigley, et al.
Public Health Professionals and Organizations
Laura Elizabeth Powell — WilmerHale, Amicus
Retail Litigation Center, Inc. and Retail Industry Leaders Association
Michelle Shane Kallen — Jenner & Block LLP, Amicus
Sacramento County District Attorney's Office
San Bernardino County, California
Services Providers
Lila Rebecca Miller — Relman Colfax PLLC, Amicus
Southern Poverty Law Center, et al.
Kirsten Anderson — Southern Poverty Law Center, Amicus
Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives Ben Toma and President of the Arizona State Senate Warren Petersen
Brunn Wall Roysden III — Fusion Law, PLLC, Amicus
State of California
State of Idaho, Montana, and Other States
State of Maryland, et al.
States of Idaho, Montana, et. al.
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
The Center for Constitutional Rights, et al.
The Chamber of Commerce of the United State of America, Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, California Chamber of Commerce, Montana Chamber of Commerce, and Oregon Business and Industry
Robert Edward Dunn — Eimer Stahl LLP, Amicus
The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund et al.
Jonathan Rosenberg — O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Amicus
The National Homelessness Law Center
Angela Marie Liu — Dechert LLP, Amicus
The National Police Accountability Project and The Law Enforcement Action Partnership
James Patrick Davy — All Rise Trial & Appellate, Amicus
Thirteen California Cities
Tiffany Joy Israel — Aleshire & Wynder LLP, Amicus
Tiana Tozer, Philip Rhodes, Barbara Jacobsen, Dane Southard, Lorien Ilena Welchoff, Pauline Long, Mark Barnhill, Steve Jackson, Keith Martin and Steven Rebischke
John DiLorenzo Jr. — Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Amicus
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Amicus
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops as Amicus Curiae
Jaime Ann Santos — Goodwin Procter LLP, Amicus
Venice Stakeholders Association
Jeffrey Lewis — Jeff Lewis Law, APC, Amicus
Washington State Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs
Robert E. Mack — Smith Alling, P.S., Amicus
Western Regional Advocacy Project