Jones v. Los Angeles, 444 F.3d 1118 (9th Cir. 2006)
Cities have long struggled with how to deal with their homeless populations, particularly in light of reports that a high percentage of them are experiencing a mental illness. In what has been described as the first case involving the rights of homeless people in public spaces to reach the federal appellate level, the Ninth Circuit, in a two-to-one opinion, struck down a thirty-seven-year-old Los Angeles ordinance used to clear homeless people off the streets...