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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
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
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
Downingtown Area School District v. Chester County Board of Assessment Appeals Tax Parcel No.: 33-5-42.3
Ohio Supreme Court held that taxing district's use of a monetary threshold to determine which property tax assessments to appeal as too low does not, on its own, violate tax uniformity requirement
Brooks v. Reynolds
Oklahoma Supreme Court will consider the state constitutionality of a proposed initiative that would phased out property taxes for owners' primary residences
Cromwell v. Knudsen
Montana Supreme Court will consider whether under right to privacy and implementing laws counties are authorized to disseminate confidential criminal justice information to ICE absent a court order
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
In re Interest of K.N., K.L., K.L., and K.L.
Texas Supreme Court declined to address the impact of a 2025 parental rights amendment on a parental termination matter, leaving the issue for lower courts to address in the first instance
