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."
State Public Defender v. Iowa District Court for Scott County
Iowa Supreme Court ruled that trial court acted beyond its authority when it did not accept public defender's representation that it had a temporary overload of cases
Rutledge v. Clearway Energy Group LLC
Delaware Supreme Court upheld corporate law changes that retroactively alter the standard of review and relief the Chancery Court may award for certain transactions involving controlling shareholders
Texas General Land Office v. SaveRGV; Cameron County v. SaveRGV; Paxton v. SaveRGV
Texas Supreme Court will consider whether statutes relied on by officials to close a public beach for SpaceX flight violate an amendment providing citizens with an "unrestricted right" to use public beaches
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
Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana v. Anonymous Plaintiff 1
Indiana Supreme Court declined to review intermediate court's affirmance that religious and spiritual plaintiffs were entitled to a temporary injunction against the state's abortion ban; lower court entered a permanent injunction as to the plaintiffs and a certified class on remand
Common Cause v. Evnen
Nebraska Supreme Court will consider whether the secretary of state had authority to release voter registration data requested by the U.S. Department of Justice
In Re: Judge Mark B. Cohen
Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed suspension of sitting judge who posted partisan comments on social media, holding new balancing test applied to his speech
Committee to Protect and Preserve the Idaho Constitution v. State of Idaho
Idaho Supreme Court upheld school-choice program, finding it did not violate legislature's duty to maintain a uniform system of free public schools or the public purpose doctrine
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
