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 said 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 re Interest of K.N., K.L., K.L., and K.L
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services seeks termination of parental rights following credible reports of child abuse and neglect of four children. The Texas Supreme Court has asked for supplemental briefing about the impact on the case of the 2024 parental rights state constitutional amendment.
Montanans Against Irresponsible Densification v. State
Montana Supreme Court upheld housing reform laws against equal protection and right of public participation claims
PFLAG v. Office of the Attorney General
Texas Supreme Court held LGBTQ+ organization must respond to information requests issued by the state as part of its investigation of whether doctors are evading Texas's ban on gender-affirming care for minors
State v. Hidlebaugh
Iowa Supreme Court held that a prison sentence resulting in part from a defendant's failure to satisfy a financial obligation despite his good faith effort to do so, violated state and federal equal protection and due process
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
Northwest Landowners Association v. State
The North Dakota Supreme Court held, in part, that pre-condemnation survey provisions that authorize survey access to landowners' properties is not facially invalid under state takings laws because there is no protected interested in excluding limited, innocuous intrusion by pre-condemnation surveyors
Ward v. State
The Indiana Supreme Court held that post-conviction relief under the state's constitution does not apply to the method in which that sentence is carried out and is instead limited to the conviction or sentence
Maine State Chamber of Commerce v. Department of Labor
The Maine Supreme Court held that the Department of Labor rule requiring employers to pay nonrefundable premiums into the Paid Family and Medical Leave fund did not constitute a regulatory taking under the Maine and U.S. Constitutions
State v. Jacques
The Connecticut Supreme Court held that its state constitution does not entitle a criminal defendant to a second probable cause hearing after a conviction is reversed unless there is a jurisdictional defect in the original hearing
State v. Engroff
The Maine Supreme Court held that the admission a video-recorded forensic interview of a child victim does not violate a defendant’s confrontation rights under the Maine Constitution
