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 October 2025.
Featured Cases
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
State v. Mahana
Iowa Supreme Court upheld the state's "felon-in-possession" law under a 2022 amendment requiring strict scrutiny review of gun restrictions
Pineau v. Attorney General
Massachusetts high court allowed to advance a ballot measure that would end the sale of recreational marijuana in the state, rejecting single-subject and takings claims
People v. Mena
Colorado Supreme Court held that double jeopardy was violated when, after a jury spontaneously and clearly signaled it had reached a partial verdict of acquittal, a trial court declared a mistrial as to all offenses
Matter of Miller v. State
New York's highest court held that the state's equal rights amendment did not impliedly repeal the mandatory judicial retirement age in the state constitution
Texas General Land Office v. SaveRGV; Cameron County v. SaveRGV; Paxton v. SaveRGV
Texas Supreme Court held that provision of an open-beaches amendment stating that the amendment "does not create a private right of enforcement" barred challenge to temporary closures of a public beach for SpaceX flight activity
Crockett v. State
Louisiana Supreme Court upheld a 2026 law consolidating the New Orleans court system by, in part, abolishing the criminal court clerk position
Rabiebna v. Higher Educational Aids Board
Wisconsin Supreme Court held that a program offering college retention scholarships to students from certain racial and national-origin groups violated federal Equal Protection and that taxpayers had standing to challenge the program
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
Washington v. Meta Platforms
Washington Supreme Court affirmed that state disclosure requirements for political ads hosted on digital platforms did not violate the First Amendment as applied to Meta
Happel v. Guilford County Board of Education
North Carolina Supreme Court held that the law of the land clause in the state constitution protects both a parent's right to control her child's upbringing and the right to bodily integrity
