 And the Supreme Court ruling cities can enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outdoors in West Coast areas where shelter space is lacking. The Oregon case is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue. It comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live. The high court struck down a ruling by a San Francisco-based appeals court that found outdoor sleeping bans amount to cruel and unusual punishment. Correspondent Jeremy House.