Legal Opinion

Cheyenne Desertrain v. City of Los Angeles

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided June 19, 2014No. 11-56957PublishedCited by 178 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case concerns the constitutionality of Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 85.02, which prohibits use of a vehicle “as living quarters either overnight, day-by-day, or otherwise.” Plaintiffs include four homeless individuals who parked their vehicles in the Venice area of Los Angeles and were cited and arrested for violating Section 85.02. Defendants are the City of Los Angeles and individual LAPD officers. Plaintiffs argue that Section 85.02 is unconstitutionally vague on its face because it provides insufficient notice of the conduct it…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Lanzetta v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  4. City of Chicago v. MoralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  5. Winters v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948

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3Cited by178 opinions

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