City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson

Docket No.23-175

Op. Below9th Cir.

ArgumentApr 22, 2024

Vote6-3

AuthorNeil Gorsuch

OpinionJun 28, 2024

TermOctober Term 2023

SCOTUS Page Opinion

Holding

The enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property does not constitute "cruel and unusual punishment" prohibited by the Eighth Amendment.

Judgment

Reversed and remanded, 6-3, in an opinion by Neil Gorsuch on Jun 28, 2024. Justice Thomas filed a concurring opinion. Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Kagan and Jackson joined.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Aug 22, 2023

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 25, 2023)Sep 11, 2023

Brief amici curiae of Freddy Brown, et al. filed.Sep 19, 2023

Brief amici curiae of California State Association of Counties filed.Sep 19, 2023

Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed.Sep 20, 2023

Waiver of right of respondent Gloria Johnson, et al. to respond filed.Sep 20, 2023

Brief amicus curiae of District Attorney of Sacramento County filed.Sep 20, 2023

Brief amici curiae of Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives Ben Toma, et al. filed.Sep 20, 2023

Brief amici curiae of California State Sheriffs' Association, et al. filed.Sep 21, 2023

Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation and California Business Properties Association filed.Sep 21, 2023

Brief amicus curiae of Office of San Diego County District Attorney filed.Sep 22, 2023

Brief amici curiae of League of Oregon Cities, et al. filed.Sep 22, 2023

Brief amicus curiae of California Governor Gavin Newsom filed.Sep 22, 2023

Brief amicus curiae of Brentwood Community Council filed.Sep 25, 2023

Brief amici curiae of City and County of San Francisco, et al. filed Sep 25, 2023

Brief amici curiae of LA Alliance for Human Rights, et al. filed.Sep 25, 2023

Brief amici curiae of Idaho, et al. filed.Sep 25, 2023

Brief amici curiae of Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, et al. filed.Sep 25, 2023

Brief amicus curiae of Venice Stakeholders Association filed.Sep 25, 2023

Brief amici curiae of City of Phoenix, et al. filed.Sep 25, 2023

Brief amicus curiae of City of Los Angeles filed.Sep 25, 2023

Brief amicus curiae of Washington State Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs filed.Sep 25, 2023

Brief amici curiae of Ten California Cities and The County of Orange filed.Sep 25, 2023

Brief amici curiae of Bay Area Council, et al. filed.Sep 25, 2023

Brief amici curiae of Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, et al. filed.Sep 25, 2023

Brief amici curiae of International Municipal Lawyers Association, et al. filed.Sep 25, 2023

Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.

Oct 4, 2023

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2023.

Oct 5, 2023

Response Requested. (Due November 6, 2023)

Oct 10, 2023

Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 6, 2023 to December 6, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.

Oct 12, 2023

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 6, 2023.

Nov 3, 2023

Brief amicus curiae of City of Chico filed.Dec 6, 2023

Brief of respondents Gloria Johnson, et al. in opposition filed.

Dec 20, 2023

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.

Dec 20, 2023

Reply of petitioner City of Grants Pass filed. (Distributed)

Jan 8, 2024

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2024.

Jan 12, 2024

Petition GRANTED.

Feb 16, 2024

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 22, 2024.

Feb 21, 2024

Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Feb 26, 2024

Brief of petitioner City of Grants Pass filed.Feb 26, 2024

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Feb 26, 2024

Amicus brief of County of Orange, California not accepted for filing. (March 4, 2024--Corrected verison to be submitted.)

Feb 26, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of County of Orange, California filed (March 8, 2024).Feb 27, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Professors Peter W. Low and Joel S. Johnson supporting neither party filed.

Feb 29, 2024

Amicus brief of Venice Stakeholders Association not accepted for filing. (March 05, 2024--Corrected verison to be submitted.)

Feb 29, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of Venice Stakeholders Association filed (March 8, 2024).

Feb 29, 2024

Amicus brief of California State Sheriffs' Association, et al. not accepted for filing. (March 4, 2024--Corrected efiling to be submitted.)

Feb 29, 2024

Brief amici curiae of California State Sheriffs' Association, et al. filed (March 7, 2024).Mar 1, 2024

Brief amici curiae of State of Idaho, Montana, and 22 Other States filed.Mar 1, 2024

Brief amici curiae of California State Association of Counties, et al. filed.Mar 1, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of District Attorney of San Diego County filed.Mar 1, 2024

Brief amici curiae of City and County of San Francisco, et al. in support of neither party filed.Mar 1, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.Mar 1, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of District Attorney of Sacramento County filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of Grants Pass Gospel Rescue Mission filed.

Mar 4, 2024

Amicus brief of Thirteen California Cities not accepted for filing (March 6, 2024--brief to be recovered).

Mar 4, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Thirteen California Cities filed (March 11, 2024).Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Michael J.Z. Mannheimer filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of California Governor Gavin Newsom in support of neither party filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed.Mar 4, 2024

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.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and Central City Association of Los Angeles filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. and Retail Industry Leaders Association filed.

Mar 4, 2024

Amicus brief of League of Oregon Cities et al. not accepted for filing. (March 06, 2024--Corrected verison to be submitted.)

Mar 4, 2024

Brief amici curiae of League of Oregon Cities et al. (March 11, 2024) filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in support of neither party filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of City of San Clemente filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of Brentwood Community Council filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United State of America, et al. filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Neighbors for a Better San Francisco et al. filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of California in support of neither party filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Manhattan Institute, Stephen Eide, and Judge Glock filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of City of Chico filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of San Bernardino County, California filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of Professor John F. Stinneford filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of LONANG Institute filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Research Institute filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of Cicero Institute filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Local Government Legal Center, et al. filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Bay Area Council et al. filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amici curiae of City of Phoenix, et al. filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of City of Los Angeles in support of neither party filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of County of Los Angeles in support of neither party filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amici curiae of International Downtown Association, et al. filed.Mar 4, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives Ben Toma, et al. filed.Mar 19, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Oregon Quakers, et al. filed.Mar 22, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of National Coalition for Men filed.

Mar 27, 2024

CIRCULATED

Mar 27, 2024

Brief of respondents Gloria Johnson, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 1, 2024

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.Apr 2, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 2, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of Advocates for Empowerment CA filed. (Distributed)Apr 2, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Los Angeles Catholic Worker, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 2, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Current & Former San Francisco Officials and Civic Organizations filed. (Distributed)Apr 2, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Local Progress Impact Lab, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 2, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Advocates for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence filed. (Distributed)Apr 2, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Western Regional Advocacy Project filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Oregon Food Bank, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Southern Poverty Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Criminal Law and Punishment Scholars filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and Nineteen Affiliates filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Services Providers filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund et al. filed.Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Juvenile Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of The Center for Constitutional Rights, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of Fund for Empowerment filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of American Psychiatric Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of The National Homelessness Law Center filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of National Women's Shelter Network, Inc, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Formerly Incarcerated, Convicted People and Families Movement, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Corporation for Supportive Housing, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of State of Maryland, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Fines and Fees Justice Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Matthew Doherty, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Public Health Professionals and Organizations filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of National Alliance to End Homelessness, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of StrongHearts Native Helpline, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of 57 Social Scientists with Published Research on Homelessness filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of The National Police Accountability Project, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Better Days Ahead Outreach Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Professors William P. Quigley, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of Emory Civil Rights Society filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Current U.N. Special Rapporteurs filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amicus curiae of Safety Net Project of the Urban Justice Center filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 3, 2024

Brief amici curiae of Congressional Amici Curiae filed. (Distributed)

Apr 10, 2024

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.

Apr 12, 2024

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.

Apr 12, 2024

Reply of petitioner City of Grants Pass filed. (Distributed)

Apr 22, 2024

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.

Jun 28, 2024

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion 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.

Jul 30, 2024

Judgment Issued.

Recommended Citation: City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/city-of-grants-pass-oregon-v-johnson/

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