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 March 2025.
Featured Cases
Black Voters Matter v. Byrd
Florida Supreme Court upheld the state's 2022 congressional map against voting rights groups' challenge that it diminishes Black voters' ability to elect candidates of their choice in violation of a 2010 amendment, finding the plaintiffs had not proven the possibility of drawing a remedial map that complies with the federal equal protection clause.
Evers v. Marklein
Wisconsin Supreme Court held that statutes permitting a legislative committee to pause, object to, or suspend administrative rules for varying periods of time both before and after promulgation — used by the committee in this case effectively to block for three years a rule banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ patients — facially violate the state constitution’s bicameralism and presentment requirements.
Kaul v. Urmanski
Wisconsin Supreme Court held that an 1849 law, which a local prosecutor had claimed was a near-total abortion ban, is impliedly repealed as to abortion by subsequent legislation and does not ban the procedure in the state.
Latino Action Network v. New Jersey
Held that public education system was segregated within districts but did not find statewide segregation
Brown v. Secretary of State
Held that a partisan gerrymandering claim raises a nonjusticiable political question
Hoke County Board of Education v. State
State legislators are asking the court to find that the district court judge lacked subject matter jurisdiction when, on remand from the supreme court, he calculated how much certain education improvements would cost.
Tallahassee v. Florida Police Benevolent Association
Held that Marsy’s Law does not allow a victim, including police officers, the categorical right to withhold their name from disclosure
In Re: Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission Rules and Code of Conduct
Declined to approve proposed rules written by a new politically appointed body to investigate, discipline, and remove elected prosecutors
Police Benevolent Association v. City of New York
Held that law making it a misdemeanor for police officers to restrain an arrestee in a manner that impedes their breathing is not impermissibly vague
Wisconsin Property Taxpayers, Inc. v. Town of Buchanan
Concurrence would have held that the fee structure implemented by the Town of Buchanan's Transportation Utility Fee violated the Uniformity Clause of the Wisconsin Constitution
Harris County v. Texas
Plaintiff claimed that state law that abolishes Harris County election administrator violates ban on local or special laws about certain subjects
State v. Cohen
Held that automobile exception to warrant requirement does not allow for search of the trunk or engine compartment based only on the smell of marijuana from inside the car
City of St. Louis v. State
Held that Senate Bill No. 26, which in part sought to add statutory procedures for imposing discipline on law enforcement officers, violated the Hancock Amendment to the Missouri Constitution
