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
In re Ballot Title Nos. 241, 242, 328; In re Ballot Title No. 240; In re Ballot Title No. 327
Colorado Supreme Court held that redistricting plans in five proposed initiatives could not proceed to the ballot, finding they violated the single-subject requirement
Gregory v. State of Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court upheld a ban on prisons using funds to distribute or make available materials that have nudity in them, over a free speech challenge by several inmates
Beshear v. Coleman
Kentucky Supreme Court held that laws shifting appointment authority for two state boards from the governor to other executive branch officials violated separation of powers
Walton v. Comfort Systems USA
New York's highest court construed public works contracts based on a clause that requires public works employees to be paid prevailing wages
Clark v. Leigh
Georgia Supreme Court reaffirmed that right to trial by jury prohibits applying a noneconomic damages cap to pain and suffering damages in medical malpractice actions
Commonwealth v. Lavar Browne
Pennsylvania Supreme Court rebuked the Philadelphia district attorney's office for "untrustworthy concessions" in post-conviction relief cases and ordered remedial action
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
T.D. v. Wrigley
North Dakota Supreme Court will consider challenge to the state's gender-affirming care ban under privileges and immunities and inalienable rights clauses; a lower court rejected the claims
