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 April 2025.
Featured Cases
Access Independent Health Services v. Wrigley
North Dakota Supreme Court upheld state's abortion ban despite three of five justices concluding a health-risk exception was unconstitutionally vague, because the state constitution requires four justices to declare legislation unconstitutional
Clarke v. Town of Newburgh
New York Court of Appeals held local government could not assert state or federal equal protection challenge to the vote dilution provision of the state's Voting Rights Act
League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature (LWV 1)
Utah Supreme Court sent partisan gerrymandering case back to lower court to consider whether the legislature violated voters' fundamental right to "reform or alter" their government when it overturned redistricting reforms passed by initiative. Lower court found legislators violated that right and struck the current congressional map, adopting an alternative proposed by the plaintiffs
Commonwealth v. Meta Platforms
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will consider, in part, whether the state's claims about Instagram's addictive design features and representations of the safety of its services are barred by state and federal speech protections
Commonwealth v. Arias
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will consider whether a traffic stop a lower court found to be pretextual, and subsequent arrest for a separate low-level traffic offense, violate the state's search and seizure clause
Texas Department of Family & Protective Services v. Grassroots LeaderShip, Inc.
Held that there is no “public-interest exception” to mootness under the Texas Constitution
Spencer v. State
Held that gag order violated state free speech protections and was unconstitutionally vague under federal constitution.
Stewart v. Ramczyk
Held that New Mexico’s Speech and Debate Clause grants legislators immunity for legitimate legislative acts, regardless of motive
State v. Zarella
Held that in-camera review of confidential or privileged private records requires a compelling justification and proof the information cannot be obtained elsewhere
State v. Labrum
Held that due process permits refiling of criminal charges previously dismissed for insufficient evidence if refiling was not done in bad faith or to harass the defendant
League of Women Voters of Greeley v. Board of County Commissioners of City of Weld
Held that the Colorado Constitution's Home Rule provision does not authorize counties to disregard state redistricting statutes
Knight v. Fontes
Arizona Supreme Court held the retention election process for intermediate appellate judges does not violate the "free and equal" elections or equal privileges and immunities provision
State ex rel. Boggs v. City of Cleveland
Ohio Supreme Court held a municipality's state constitutional duty to pay compensation when its actions amount to a taking applies regardless of whether the property being taken is outside the city's boundaries.
