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 April 2024.
Featured Cases
Texas v. Loe
The Texas Supreme Court refused to block a ban on certain medical treatments for transgender minors, saying the state legislature had a rational basis for passing the law and that it does not improperly infringe on the rights of parents to make medical decisions for the children or on physicians’ abilities to treat patients. The court also said the law does not constitute sex discrimination and declined to treat transgender people as a protected class.
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc, et al. v. Kim Reynolds, et al.
The Iowa Supreme Court held that abortion is not a fundamental right under the state constitution and is only subject to rational basis review. The court reversed a lower court injunction halting the state's "fetal heartbeat" law.
Drummond v. Statewide Virtual Charter Schoolboard
Ruled that the state education board’s approval of a Catholic school's application to be a public charter school violated the Oklahoma Constitution, the federal Establishment Clause, and the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act
O’Halloran v. Sec. of State
The Michigan Supreme Court will decide the legality of certain instructions for election challengers and poll watchers issued by the secretary of state in 2022 in response to reports of widespread disruption by challengers in 2020.
League of Women Voters of Kansas v. Schwab
Held that voting was not a fundamental right under the state constitution's Bill of Rights, but a political right grounded elsewhere in the constitution.
Albence v. Mennella
The Delaware Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of a 2019 law permitting early in-person voting “at least 10 days before an election," and a 2010 statute allowing some voters who are already eligible to vote absentee to apply for permanent absentee status.
Bouvier v. Porter
Held that attorneys who assisted voters in filing allegations of voter fraud in a state election in 2016 were shielded from defamation claims
State ex rel. Dudley v. Yost
Plaintiffs filed a petition for writ of mandamus claiming the state attorney general overstepped his authority when he failed to certify a ballot initiative related to automatic voter registration and other voting-related processes.
Brown v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide if mobile voting sites are legal under state law.
Cobb County v. Floam
Held that the claims of two citizens who sought a declaratory judgment that their local board of commissioners acted unconstitutionally when it changed the commission district boundaries lines must be dismissed because the plaintiffs did not show any uncertainty as to their future conduct that warranted declaratory relief.
Nevadans For Reproductive Freedom v. Washington et al.
Rejected a challenge by an anti-abortion group to a proposed ballot initiative that would create state constitutional abortion protections
BABE VOTE v. McGrane
Held that laws prohibiting the use of student IDs for voting purposes did not violate the state constitution
Fair Maps Nevada v. Jeng
The Nevada Supreme Court will decide if two initiatives that would create a seven-member independent redistricting commission charged with drawing the state’s legislative and U.S. Congressional maps should qualify for the November 2024 ballot.