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Supreme Court held that an 1849 law, which a local prosecutor had claimed was a near-total abortion ban, is impliedly repealed as to abortion by subsequent legislation and does not ban the procedure in the state.
People v. Johnson
Concurrence wrote that “police-initiated encounters with individuals are unconstitutional absent reasonable suspicion of criminality"
Idaho Power Co. v. Idaho State Tax Commission
Held that federal railroad law did not preempt state constitution’s requirement for tax uniformity, ruled taxing commission may not tax railroad properties differently than plaintiffs’ properties
State ex rel. Grooms v. Privette
Ruled court lacked constitutional power to punish court clerk for contempt for failing to perform statutorily-required duties that were unrelated to court’s judicial function
State v. Noli
Ruled police’s expansion of scope of traffic stop into an unrelated illegal drug investigation violated constitution’s protections against unreasonable search and seizure
Commonwealth v. Rader
Ruled police stop and frisk of defendant did not violate state constitutional search and seizure and equal protection provisions, but defendants may make equal protection claims in the context of pedestrian stops
Becker v. Dane Cnty.
Ruled that a local health officer's authority to issue public health orders does not run afoul of separation of powers
Weems v. State
Held that law barring Advanced Practice Registered Nurses from performing abortions unconstitutionally interfered with individuals' privacy right to seek medical care from a qualified provider of their choice
Holmes v. Moore
Ruled that implementing statute for constitutional amendment requiring photo identification for voting in person did not violate equal protection clause
Burnett v. Smith
Held that damages actions against the state for constitutional violations are not recognized by the court unless authorized by common law, state statute, or the constitution
Jameson v. Montgomery
Ruled that constitutional victims’ rights provision precluded suit against individuals entitled to prosecutorial immunity
