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 May 2025.
Featured Cases
League of Women Voters of South Carolina v. Alexander
South Carolina Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering claims are nonjusticiable political questions, which state courts cannot review, under the state constitution.
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.
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.
Bailey v. McKintosh County, Webster v. McIntosh County, McIntosh County v. Webster
Georgia Supreme Court reversed a lower court order stopping a special election on a referendum to repeal a county zoning ordinance that could increase home sizes in a historic community of slave descendants, holding the state constitutional clause giving voters that referendum authority exends to zoning ordinances.
J.P. Morgan Chase v. City of Corsicana
Texas Supreme Court will consider whether a state constitutional provision authorizing publicly-funded economic development programs is subject to the state constitution's "gift clauses," restricting grants of public money to private entities.
PFLAG v. Office of the Attorney General
Texas Supreme Court will consider whether to enforce information requests issued to PFLAG as part of the state's investigation of whether doctors are evading the state's ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
Montenegro v. Fontes
Arizona Supreme Court held state lawmakers have standing to challenge provisions of a citizen-initiated campaign-disclosure law they allege improperly delegate legislative power to a commission in violation of separation of powers.
Clarke v. Town of Newburgh
New York Court of Appeals will consider whether the vote dilution provisions of the state's Voting Rights Act violate state or federal equal protection.
State v. McFarland
Connecticut Supreme Court held that the state constitution’s due process provisions require a more protective balancing test for pre-arrest delay than the approach adopted by the majority of federal circuits under the federal due process clause.
Washington v. Meta Platforms
Washington Supreme Court will consider whether the state's Fair Campaign Practices Act violates First Amendment speech protections or is preempted by the federal Communications Decency Act.
Alaska v. Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest
Alaska Supreme Court will consider whether the state's ban against advanced practice clinicians performing medication and aspiration abortions violates the state constitutional privacy right to make reproductive decisions or equal protection.
State v. McLain
Maine Supreme Court held that the state constitution's privilege against self-incrimination provides greater protection than the federal Fifth Amendment with respect to waiving that privilege.
Michigan Immigrant Rights Center v. Governor
Michigan Supreme Court will consider whether and how a statute barring claims against the state unless the plaintiff files a complaint or notice of the claim within one year of accrual applies to constitutional claims for prospective relief against state officials.
