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 January 2026.
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Equal Ground Education Fund v. Byrd; Vaccari v. Byrd; Common Cause v. DeSantis
Florida Supreme Court denied petition seeking to halt use of the state's new congressional map while consolidated challenges to the map under the state's Fair Districts Amendment proceed. An appellate court is reviewing a trial court's denial of a temporary injunction
NAACP v. Tennessee
Tennessee lower court dismissed challenge to the state's mid-decade congressional redistricting, which claimed the legislature did not have authority to alter state laws to allow the redistrictring because those alterations were not specifically included in the governor's proclamation calling the session
McDougle v. Scott
Virginia Supreme Court, in a split decision, nullified a constitutional amendment approved by voters that would have allowed the state's congressional districts to be redrawn, finding the legislative process used for the amendment violated the state constitution
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State v. Causey
New Mexico Supreme Court held that the state's search and seizure clause and exclusionary rule apply to to evidence obtained from a search conducted in another state if that evidence is introduced in a New Mexico state criminal prosecution
People v. Hess
Michigan Supreme Court held that trial courts may not prohibit marijuana use that complies with a 2018 legalization initiative as a probation condition just because such use violates federal law
Reed v. Muoio
New Jersey Supreme Court held that a state counsel exceeded its constitutional authority to decide when a law constitutes an unfunded mandate when it decided not just that but also declared a funding mechanism in a separate, related law to be invalid
In re Ballot Title Nos. 241, 242, 328; In re Ballot Title No. 240; In re Ballot Title No. 327
Colorado Supreme Court held that redistricting plans in five proposed initiatives could not proceed to the ballot, finding they violated the single-subject requirement
Public Service Company of Colorado v. Outdoor Design Landscaping LLC
Held that the Public Utilities Commission did not have the authority to approve a tariff limiting the liability of utilities to non-customers of the utility
Crandall v. State
Held that the immunity provision of the Oregon Torts Claims Act, extending immunity to purportedly negligent public employees for claims by any person covered by any workers' compensation law, violated the Oregon Constitution's remedy clause
State v. Gantnier
Held that the retroactive correction of an error in judgment of commitment on prior conviction for unlawful sexual contact to impose life-time sex offender registration obligation did not implicate prohibition against ex post facto laws
Transparent Election Initiative v. Knudsen
Ruled that a proposed ballot issue, which would amend Montana Constitution to define constitutional rights, powers, and privileges held by an “artificial person,” violated the Montana Constitution's separate-vote requirement
