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 2025.
Featured Cases
Access Independent Health Services v. Wrigley
North Dakota Supreme Court upheld state's abortion ban despite three of five justices concluding a health-risk exception was unconstitutionally vague, because the state constitution requires four justices to declare legislation unconstitutional
Clarke v. Town of Newburgh
New York Court of Appeals held local government could not assert state or federal equal protection challenge to the vote dilution provision of the state's Voting Rights Act
League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature (LWV 1)
Utah Supreme Court sent partisan gerrymandering case back to lower court to consider whether the legislature violated voters' fundamental right to "reform or alter" their government when it overturned redistricting reforms passed by initiative. Lower court found legislators violated that right and struck the current congressional map, adopting an alternative proposed by the plaintiffs
State v. James Ellis
Washington Supreme Court held restitution imposed on an indigent defendant did not violate state or federal excessive fines clause, finding the amount to be compensatory, not punitive.
State v. Hemion
Oregon Supreme Court will consider whether a trial court was within its authority to order a public defense provider to turn over caseload data related to its representation of indigent criminal defendants, in connection with a larger controversy over shortage of such counsel.
State v. Rogers
North Carolina Supreme Court held that state search and seizure clause is in lockstep with the Fourth Amendment in recognizing a "good faith" exception to the exclusionary rule
Onondaga v. New York
New York Court of Appeals upheld law that would change many county and town elections to even years to align with state and federal contests, finding it does not violate state constitutional home rule or voting rights
White v. Stitt
Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down law creating new business courts in the state’s two most populous counties
State v. Michael Sharpe
Connecticut Supreme Court held that neither the police’s collection of DNA from a discarded belt, nor the subsequent analysis of that DNA solely for purposes of identifying the defendant, violated his privacy rights
Rutledge v. Clearway Energy Group LLC
Delaware Supreme Court will consider whether corporate law changes that remove the Chancery Court's ability to award equitable relief for transactions satisfying a "safe harbor" unconstitutionally divests that court of jurisdiction and whether retroactive application of the safe harbor violates plaintiffs' rights by eliminating claims that were already accrued or vested.
Taking Offense v. State of California
California Supreme Court upheld against a First Amendment challenge a law that prohibits staff at long-term care facilities from “willfully and repeatedly” failing to use a resident’s preferred name or pronouns.
League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature (LWV 1)
Utah Supreme Court sent partisan gerrymandering case back to lower court to consider whether the legislature violated voters' fundamental right to "reform or alter" their government when it overturned redistricting reforms passed by initiative. Lower court found legislators violated that right and struck the current congressional map, adopting an alternative proposed by the plaintiffs
McVay v. Cockroft
Oklahoma Supreme Court will consider whether a law making it harder for citizen initiative petitions to qualify for the ballot violates citizens' state constitutional initative, free speech, and equal protection rights.
