Martin v. Boise (2019)

In the April 2019 Martin v. City of Boise decision, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court ruled that community members experiencing homelessness cannot be punished for sleeping outside on public property in the absence of adequate alternatives, or unless the law imposes “reasonable time, place and manner” restrictions.

This agreed with the suit's central premise that:

As long as there is no option of sleeping indoors, the government cannot criminalize sleeping outdoors, on public property, on the false premise they had a choice in the matter.