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
League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature (LWV 1)
Utah Supreme Court dismissed legislators' appeal from trial court ruling that struck the state's congressional map. Lower court said law the map was enacted under violated a fundamental right of voters to alter or reform their government — recognized by the Utah high court earlier in the case — by repealing a redistricting-reform initiative, and subsequently adopted plaintiffs' proposed alternative map
Commonwealth v. Council for Better Education; LaFontaine v. Council for Better Education
Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a law providing for charter schools funds education outside the “system of common schools,” in violation of clauses requiring the legislature to establish such a system and voters to approve such funding
McDougle v. Nardo
Virginia Supreme Court permitted legislature's proposed amendment to redraw the state’s congressional map to proceed to a vote, while it considers appeal of trial court decision finding the legislative process unconstitutional
Koski v. RNC
Virginia Supreme Court permitted legislature’s proposed amendment to redraw the state’s congressional map to proceed to a vote, staying trial court's temporary restraining order against officials moving forward with the election
In re Interest of K.N., K.L., K.L., and K.L
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services seeks termination of parental rights following credible reports of child abuse and neglect of four children. The Texas Supreme Court has asked for supplemental briefing about the impact on the case of the 2024 parental rights state constitutional amendment.
PFLAG v. Office of the Attorney General
Texas Supreme Court held LGBTQ+ organization must respond to information requests issued by the state as part of its investigation of whether doctors are evading Texas's ban on gender-affirming care for minors
State v. Hidlebaugh
Iowa Supreme Court held that a prison sentence resulting in part from a defendant's failure to satisfy a financial obligation despite his good faith effort to do so, violated state and federal equal protection and due process
Kendrick v. Knudsen
Montana Supreme Court reversed attorney general's determination that proposed right-of-direct-democracy initiative violates separate-vote requirement
Northwest Landowners Association v. State
The North Dakota Supreme Court held, in part, that pre-condemnation survey provisions that authorize survey access to landowners' properties is not facially invalid under state takings laws because there is no protected interested in excluding limited, innocuous intrusion by pre-condemnation surveyors
Ward v. State
The Indiana Supreme Court held that post-conviction relief under the state's constitution does not apply to the method in which that sentence is carried out and is instead limited to the conviction or sentence
Maine State Chamber of Commerce v. Department of Labor
The Maine Supreme Court held that the Department of Labor rule requiring employers to pay nonrefundable premiums into the Paid Family and Medical Leave fund did not constitute a regulatory taking under the Maine and U.S. Constitutions
