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."
Zyst v. Miller
Oregon trial court held that the state prison's failure to provide medically necessary gender-affirming care and treatment to a transgender inmate, and to provide adequate conditions when the inmate was in a period of segregation, violated cruel and unusual punishment and "unnecessary rigor" clauses.
Rivera v. Borough of Pottstown
Pennsylvania appellate court ruled that administrative warrants for rental home inspections must have individualized probable cause to satisfy the state's search and seizure clause, exceeding the federal standard
E.N. v. Kehoe
Missouri Supreme Court upheld state laws banning gender-affirming care for minors and Medicaid coverage for such care at any age, under state's equal protection, due process, and "gains of industry" clauses
Rabiebna v. Higher Educational Aids Board
Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider whether a program that offers college retention scholarships to students from certain racial and national-origin groups violates federal and state equal protection
Montana Conservation Voters v. Jacobsen
Montana Supreme Court will consider the justiciability and merits of a partisan gerrymandering challenge to the legislature's 2023 redrawing of the electoral districts for a state utilities and transportation regulator
Opternative, Inc. v. South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
South Carolina Supreme Court ruled a law prohibiting glasses and contact prescriptions based solely on online vision tests, without an in-person eye exam, did not violate telehealth business’s due process or equal protection rights
People v. Sargeant
New York Court of Appeals ruled that the right to trial by a jury of 12 is subject to forfeiture in exceedingly rare circumstances where the defendant engages in egregious conduct affecting a juror after deliberations have begun and requiring that juror's discharge
