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
Mills v. Arizona State Board of Technical Registration
Electrical engineer Greg Mills challenges Arizona's licensing requirement for certain engineers as violating his right to earn a living under the state’s due process clause and running afoul of the privileges or immunities clause (the state’s equivalent of equal protection), among other claims
Lawyers for Children v. New York State Office of Children
New York Court of Appeals will consider whether a state agency acted without legislative authorization when it created a new system temporarily placing children, whose parents voluntarily seek outside care, in "host homes"
Gamble v. State
Arizona Supreme Court held that it does not violate the state's search and seizure clause for police to arrest someone for a lesser crime when there is probable cause for that arrest, even if the arrest is pretext for investigating a more serious crime
In the Matter of Request for Opinion of the Justices
Maine Supreme Court will consider legislature's request for an advisory opinion on the state constitutionality of extending ranked-choice voting to the general elections for governor and the state legislature
Williams v. Board of Elections of the State of New York
New York trial court held that the state’s 11th congressional district violated a 2014 state constitutional amendment barring racial vote dilution and ordered the state’s congressional map redrawn. The U.S. Supreme Court stayed the trial court’s order pending the disposition of the appeal in the New York state courts and any petition for certiorari in the Supreme Court. The state case was subsequently dismissed on the agreement of the parties.
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
Posey v. Bushnell
Idaho Supreme Court will consider appeal from a defamation judgment in lawsuit brought by a drag performer against a blogger, including whether the performer was a limited purpose public figure
Ellingson v. State
Montana Supreme Court will consider if a law changing requirements for citizen-proposed ballot measures infringes on the powers of initiative and referendum and the applicable standard for such challenges
In re the Detention of M.E. and R.S.
Washington Supreme Court held that caseload limits in indigent defense standards are mandatory and courts lack authority to order attorneys to accept case assignments in violation of those limits, but found the trial court here did not do so
Wisconsin Voter Alliance v. Secord
Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider whether notices to election officials of a court's determination that a person is "incompetent" to vote are subject to disclosure under the state's public records law
