State Case Database
Search State Court Report's database of significant state supreme court decisions and pending cases. Download decisions and briefs for cases that develop state constitutional law. This is a selected database and does not include every state supreme court case. See methodology and "How to Use the State Case Database" for more information.
This database is updated monthly, although individual cases may be updated more frequently. Last updated comprehensively with cases decided through June 2025.
Featured Cases
Johnson v. Wyoming
Wyoming Supreme Court struck down the state's abortion and medication abortion bans for violating a 2012 amendment that granted adults the right to make their own health care decisions
League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature (LWV 1)
Utah Supreme Court sent partisan gerrymandering case back to lower court to consider whether the legislature violated voters' fundamental right to "reform or alter" their government when it overturned redistricting reforms passed by initiative. Lower court found legislators violated that right and struck the current congressional map, adopting an alternative proposed by the plaintiffs
Jackson v. Florida
Florida Supreme Court upheld a 2023 law that permits eligible defendants to be sentenced to death on the recommendation of only 8 of 12 jurors
State v. Roberts
Oregon Supreme Court held that state's failure to appoint counsel for an indigent criminal defendant for an extended time period violates the right to counsel and imposed a general rule for how long before dismissal without prejudice is required
McDougle v. Nardo
Virginia trial court blocked lawmakers' proposed amendment to redraw the state’s congressional map, finding the legislative process unconstitutional; appeal is pending
State Public Defender v. Iowa District Court for Scott County
Iowa Supreme Court ruled that trial court acted beyond its authority when it did not accept public defender's representation that it had a temporary overload of cases
Williams v. Board of Elections of the State of New York
New York trial court ruled that a congressional district covering Staten Island and part of Brooklyn violated a 2014 amendment barring racial vote dilution; appeals are pending
Kendrick v. Knudsen
Montana Supreme Court will consider whether to reverse attorney general's determination that proposed right-of-direct democracy initiative violates separate-vote requirement
Maggard v. State
Missouri voters seek a court order suspending use of the legislature’s new congressional map until voters have a chance to approve or reject that map in a referendum
Committee to Protect and Preserve the Idaho Constitution v. State of Idaho
Idaho Supreme Court upheld school-choice program, finding it did not violate legislature's duty to maintain a uniform system of free public schools or the public purpose doctrine
In Re: Judge Mark B. Cohen
Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed suspension of sitting judge who posted partisan comments on social media, holding new balancing test applied to his speech
Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund v. Stitt
Oklahoma Supreme Court held that a law providing that directors of a trust overseeing allocation of state funds may be removed at will violated a constitutional amendment providing the directors shall serve a specific term
