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 October 2025.
Featured Cases
Equal Ground Education Fund v. Byrd; Vaccari v. Byrd; Common Cause v. DeSantis
Consolidated actions challenging Florida’s congressional map as violating the state's Fair Districts Amendment. The map remains in place after a trial court denied a temporary injunction
NAACP v. Tennessee
Tennessee lower court dismissed challenge to the state's mid-decade congressional redistricting, which claimed the legislature did not have authority to alter state laws to allow the redistrictring because those alterations were not specifically included in the governor's proclamation calling the session
McDougle v. Scott
Virginia Supreme Court, in a split decision, nullified a constitutional amendment approved by voters that would have allowed the state's congressional districts to be redrawn, finding the legislative process used for the amendment violated the state constitution
People v. Bankston
California Supreme Court interpreted the state's Racial Justice Act to avoid serious constitutional questions and applied the law to reverse a death judgment
Nonhuman Rights Project, Inc. v. Breheny
New York Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of a habeas petition submitted on behalf of an elephant challenging her zoo confinement
Norris v. Independence County
Arkansas Supreme Court struck down a law that divested circuit courts of original jurisdiction over facial constitutional challenges to state laws and conferred that jurisdiction on the court of appeals
Malcom v. Gray
Wyoming Supreme Court will consider whether statutory changes preventing voters from declaring or changing their party affiliation within 96 days of the primary violate "open, free and equal" election and political right clauses
Family Violence Appellate Project v. Superior Court of Contra Costa County
California Supreme Court will consider whether a law prohibiting electronic recording of many civil proceedings is unconstitutional as applied to circumstances where no court reporter is available to transcribe the proceeding and a litigant cannot afford a private reporter
In re Personal Restraint of Amber Kim
Washington Supreme Court will consider whether the state's transfer of a transgender woman from a women's to a men's prison violated prohibition on cruel punishment
City of Columbus v. State
Ohio Supreme Court will consider whether a statute prohibiting cities from regulating tobacco products violates the state's home rule amendment
City of Henderson v. Armendarez
Nevada Supreme Court will consider whether a law requiring pretrial bail hearings to occur within 48 hours of arrest violates victims' rights or separation of powers
Moira Akers v. State
Maryland Supreme Court ruled that evidence a defendant considered an abortion during her pregnancy was inadmissible as proof she intended to kill her newborn
