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CITY OF GRANTS PASS v. JOHNSON 

Opinion of the Court 

joined by several others, described in painstaking detail the 
ways in which, in his view, Martin had thwarted good-faith 
attempts by cities across the West, from Phoenix to Sacra-
mento,  to  address  homelessness.  72  F. 4th,  at  934,  940– 
943. 

Grants Pass filed a petition for certiorari.  A large num-
ber of States, cities, and counties from across the Ninth Cir-
cuit and the country joined Grants Pass in urging the Court 
to grant review to assess the Martin experiment.  See Part 
I–B, supra.  We agreed to do so.  601 U. S. ___ (2024).3 

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3 Supporters of Grants Pass’s petition for certiorari included:  The cities 
of  Albuquerque,  Anchorage,  Chico,  Chino,  Colorado  Springs,  Fillmore, 
Garden Grove, Glendora, Henderson, Honolulu, Huntington Beach, Las 
Vegas,  Los  Angeles,  Milwaukee,  Murrieta,  Newport  Beach,  Orange, 
Phoenix,  Placentia,  Portland,  Providence,  Redondo  Beach,  Roseville, 
Saint  Paul,  San  Clemente,  San  Diego,  San  Francisco,  San  Juan  Ca-
pistrano,  Seattle,  Spokane,  Tacoma,  and  Westminster;  the  National 
League  of  Cities,  representing  more  than  19,000  American  cities  and 
towns; the League of California Cities, representing 477 California cities;
the League of Oregon Cities, representing Oregon’s 241 cities; the Asso-
ciation of Idaho Cities, representing Idaho’s 199 cities; the League of Ar-
izona Cities and Towns, representing all 91 incorporated Arizona munic-
ipalities; the North Dakota League of Cities, comprising 355 cities; the 
Counties of Honolulu, San Bernardino, San Francisco, and Orange; the 
National  Association  of  Counties,  which  represents  the  Nation’s  3,069
counties; the California State Association of Counties, representing Cal-
ifornia’s 58 counties; the Special Districts Association of Oregon, repre-
senting all of Oregon’s special districts; the Washington State Associa-
tion  of  Municipal  Attorneys,  a  nonprofit  corporation  comprising 
attorneys representing Washington’s 281 cities and towns; the Interna-
tional  Municipal  Lawyers  Association,  the  largest  association  of  attor-
neys  representing  municipalities,  counties,  and  special  districts  across 
the country; the District Attorneys of Sacramento and San Diego Coun-
ties,  the  California  State  Sheriffs’  Association,  the  California  Police 
Chiefs Association, and the Washington State Association of Sheriffs and 
Police  Chiefs;  California  Governor  Gavin  Newsom  and  San  Francisco 
Mayor London Breed; and a group of 20 States:  Alabama, Alaska, Ar-
kansas,  Florida,  Idaho,  Indiana,  Kansas,  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Mis-
souri,  Montana,  Nebraska,  North  Dakota,  Oklahoma,  South  Carolina, 
South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia.