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 February 2025.
Featured Cases
LeMieux v. Evers
The Wisconsin Supreme Court held, in a divided decision, that the governor did not exceed his partial veto authority under the state constitution when he altered digits, words, and punctuation in a budget bill to extend a school funding increase from 2 to 402 years.
Griffin v. State Board of Elections
A candidate for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court, who lost by over 700 votes, claims that the state board of elections followed an incorrect process for registering voters and seeks in invalidate more than 60,000 votes.
People v. Taylor; People v. Czarnecki
Michigan Supreme Court held that mandatory life-without-parole sentences violate the state constitution’s protection against “cruel or unusual” punishment for anyone under age 21 at the time of the offense. The decision extends the court’s 2022 ruling in People v. Parks that such sentences are unconstitutional for those 18 or under.
ACLU of Nevada v. The County of Nye
Writ issued mandating county and county clerk adopt and refrain from certain procedures related to ballot counting and the role of observers during the ballot counting process
Welter v. Board of Registration in Medicine
Ruled state board suspension of medical license for false advertising did not violate doctor’s substantive due process rights under federal and state constitutions
Vlahos v. State
Ruled that the court did not abuse its discretion by allowing a juror to remain on the jury because defendant waived the claim by not objecting before the return of the verdict
Kingfisher Wind, LLC v. Wehmuller
Ruled production tax credits used to build a wind farm are intangible personal property and thus exempt from ad valorem taxation under amendment to Oklahoma Constitution
Associated General Contractors of Washington v. State
Ruled that a bill modifying how the Department of Labor and Industries calculated prevailing wage rates for public works projects was not an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority
Statler v. State
Ruled statute proscribing sexual battery as a general intent crime not requiring defendant’s knowledge as to complainant’s nonconsent is constitutional under due process clause
State v. Thompson
Ruled police’s continued seizure of defendant’s cell phone without a warrant was not reasonably necessary to its investigation and violated unreasonable search and seizure protections
State v. Graham
Ruled prosecutor’s specific argument that defendant tailored their testimony in response to the testimony other witnesses provided at trial did not violate defendant's right to confrontation
Short v. State
Ruled executive branch’s sweep of unappropriated state general funds, including funds for educational grants, into a reserve fund did not violate legislature’s appropriation powers
Burns v. Arizona Public Service Co.
Ruled majority of commissioners of public utilities commission may not prevent an individual commissioner from exercising constitutionally granted investigatory powers
