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 June 2025.
Featured Cases
Johnson v. Wyoming
Wyoming Supreme Court struck down the state's abortion and medication abortion bans for violating a 2012 amendment that granted adults the right to make their own health care decisions
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
Jackson v. Florida
Florida Supreme Court upheld a 2023 law that permits eligible defendants to be sentenced to death on the recommendation of only 8 of 12 jurors
State v. Ninh
The Kansas Supreme Court held that criminal rape and aggravated criminal sodomy statutes were not unconstitutionally vague
State v. Green
The Kansas Supreme Court held that the state's premeditated first-degree murder statute was not unconstitutionally vague under the Kansas Constitution
State v. Ramirez
The Wisconsin Supreme Court held tha the 46-month delay between the filing of charges and the start of the defendant's trial did not violate the defendant's right to a speedy trial
Paxton v. American Oversight
The Supreme Court of Texas held that district courts lack jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus against constitutional executive officers, like the Governor and Attorney General, unless expressly authorized by statute
State v. Fletcher
The Supreme Court of Idaho held that drug dog sniffs were not unconstitutional searches under the Idaho Constitution
Lewis v. State
The Georgia Supreme Court held that venue must be assessed under the proper legal framework provided by OCGA S 17-2-2 (c)
State v. McDonald
The Supreme Court of Appeals for West Virginia held the defendant’s 80-year sentence for first-degree robbery was constitutionally proportionate
Jurgensen v. Dave Perkins Contracting, Inc.
The Minnesota Supreme Court held that the capped fee did not violate the Minnesota Constitution Contracts Clause because the law was in effect when the attorney-client contract was formed
Wisconsin State Legislature v. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
The Wisconsin Supreme Court held that a bill passed by the legislature creating accounts to fund literacy programs was not subject to the Governor’s partial-veto authority under the state constitution
Guy v. Hous. Authority of Augusta
The Supreme Court of Georgia held that whether the Housing Authority of the City of Augusta's is entitled to sovereign immunity must be resolved by examining the common law as it existed in 1776
