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 September 2025.
Featured Cases
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
Hoke County Board of Education v. State of North Carolina
The North Carolina Supreme Court overturned its own precedent and put an end to more than 30 years of litigation involving the funding of public education in the state
Commonwealth v. Lee
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that mandating a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, for “felony murder” — a legal doctrine that allows someone to be prosecuted for murder for any death that occurs during the commission of a separate felony, even if the defendant never meant to kill anyone — violates the Pennsylvania Constitution’s ban on “cruel” punishments
Roebuck v. Mayo Clinic
Arizona Supreme Court held that eliminating a patient's right to recover damages for ordinary negligence violates the Arizona Constitution's anti-abrogation clause
State v. Albaidhani
South Dakota Supreme Court held that officers who were shot at during a police chase qualify as crime victims for purposes of the state's Marsy's Law and are entitled to request that their names be shielded from public filings
State v. Contreras-Sanchez
Minnesota Supreme Court held that cell phone users have a reasonable expectation of privacy for their location data stored by Google and that law enforcement needs a particularized warrant before accessing that data
Degenfelder v. Wyoming Educational Association; Leck v. Wyoming Educational Association
Wyoming Supreme Court reversed a lower court's preliminary injunction against the state's school-choice program
Maggard v. State
Missouri Supreme Court held that the filing of a referendum petition on the legislature’s new congressional map did not automatically suspend that map pending a vote on the referendum
NAACP v. Kehoe
Missouri Supreme Court will consider a challenge to the governor's proclamation convening an extraordinary legislative session for redistricting
Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana v. Planned Parenthood Great Northwest
Indiana Supreme Court held that the right to privacy does not protect the right to abortion except when necessary to protect the patient’s life or to protect a patient from a serious health risk. The court left open the possibility of an as-applied challenge to the state's ban, but the plaintiffs' attempt at such a challenge was rejected on remand
State v. Pagliai
Iowa Supreme Court held that it was invalid for a trial court to order a defendant to pay court costs pursuant to a plea agreement when the underlying charges were dismissed
State v. Cole
Montana Supreme Court held it did not violate excessive fines clause when a trial court imposed a mandatory-minimum fine but then suspended the portion the defendant demonstrated he could not pay
Wise v. State; Healey v. State
Missouri Supreme Court upheld the state's new congressional map, finding it did not violate provision that "districts shall be composed of contiguous territory as compact and as nearly equal in population as may be"
