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
Hoke County Board of Education v. State of North Carolina
The North Carolina Supreme Court overturned its own precedent and put an end to more than 30 years of litigation involving the funding of public education in the state.
Commonwealth v. Lee
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that mandating a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, for “felony murder” — a legal doctrine that allows someone to be prosecuted for murder for any death that occurs during the commission of a separate felony, even if the defendant never meant to kill anyone — violates the Pennsylvania Constitution’s ban on “cruel” punishments
Luther v. Hoskins
The Missouri Supreme Court rejected voters' challenge to Missouri's new congressional district map, which the plaintiffs said ran afoul of state constitutional prohibitions on mid-decade redistricting. The court found the state constitution contained no express prohibition on mid-decade redistricting and that the map was a "valid exercise" of the "plenary legislative power to establish congressional districts."
In the Matter of Request for Opinion of the Justices
Maine Supreme Court issued an advisory opinion that proposed legislation extending ranked-choice voting to the general elections for governor and the state legislature would, if enacted, violate clauses requiring those positions to be elected by a plurality of all votes
Commonwealth v. Meta Platforms
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed denial of Meta and Instagram's motion to dismiss youth addictive design claims
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
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
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
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
Hoke County Board of Education v. State of North Carolina
The North Carolina Supreme Court overturned its own precedent and put an end to more than 30 years of litigation involving the funding of public education in the state.
