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Supreme Court held that an 1849 law, which a local prosecutor had claimed was a near-total abortion ban, is impliedly repealed as to abortion by subsequent legislation and does not ban the procedure in the state.
Anderson v. Attorney General
Ruled ballot summary for proposed constitutional amendment for a new income tax to raise education and transportation funds fairly described the amendment
In re Schmidt
Ruled reapportionment legislation was procedurally and substantively valid and complied with constitutional requirements of one person-one vote and no invidious discrimination
Rivera v. Schwab
Rejected partisan gerrymandering claims. Dissent would have held that congressional maps were an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under state's equal protection guarantees and that claims of partisan gerrymandering were justiciable.
State v. Sum
Held that a person's race and ethnicity are relevant to determining if they would have felt free to leave a law enforcement encounter
In re Annessa J.
Ruled termination of parental rights trial conducted virtually did not violate constitution’s provisions for open courts and legislative power over lower courts
Ex parte Warren Averett Cos.
Dissent would have ruled that contractual jury-waiver provisions should be construed narrowly to safeguard constitutional right to jury trials
Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration v. 2600 Holdings, LLC
Ruled sovereign immunity defense does not bar courts from issuing mandamus orders, but bars declaratory relief claim of medical marijuana applicant for not pleading unconstitutional or illegal state action
In re Flores (Anthony) on H.C.
Dissent would have granted review and found parole determinations without in-person hearings may not comport with constitutional guarantee of due process
State v. Sheffield
Concurrence wrote that trial court’s failure to swear in a dismissed and subsequently recalled alternate juror deprived defendant of the right to trial by a jury of twelve
Koussa v. Attorney General
Ruled initiative petitions related to the relationship between companies and app-based drivers and tort liability to third parties violated related subjects requirement
