Could an Oregon court case on homeless camp bans go to the US Supreme Court?

A ruling against the city of Grants Pass has joined the pantheon of cases restricting how cities can enforce camping ordinances, but the city wants a second opinion.

PORTLAND, Ore. — When the Portland City Council voted earlier this summer to institute a new ordinance governing where and how homeless people can camp in the city, the form of the daytime camping ban they ultimately passed was shaped by two influential court rulings. The first and foremost came from Boise, Idaho. The second came from southern Oregon and the city of Grants Pass.

Now the Grants Pass case could potentially land at the feet of the

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