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
League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature (LWV 1)
Utah Supreme Court dismissed legislators' appeal from trial court ruling that struck the state's congressional map. Lower court said law the map was enacted under violated a fundamental right of voters to alter or reform their government — recognized by the Utah high court earlier in the case — by repealing a redistricting-reform initiative, and subsequently adopted plaintiffs' proposed alternative map
Commonwealth v. Council for Better Education; LaFontaine v. Council for Better Education
Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a law providing for charter schools funds education outside the “system of common schools,” in violation of clauses requiring the legislature to establish such a system and voters to approve such funding
McDougle v. Nardo
Virginia Supreme Court permitted legislature's proposed amendment to redraw the state’s congressional map to proceed to a vote, while it considers appeal of trial court decision finding the legislative process unconstitutional
Gudinas v. State
The Florida Supreme Court held the state's Conformity Clause was constitutional and prevented it from interpreting Florida's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment to exempt individuals from execution whose mental or cognitive issues did not rise to the level of intellectual disability, or whose chronological age was over 18 years at the time of their capital crimes
Idahoans United for Women & Families v. Labrador
The Idaho Supreme Court held that the Fiscal Imopact Statement and short ballot title for an abortion-related ballot initiative violated sections of the Idaho Constitution
In re Concerning The State Grand Jury
The New Jersey Supreme Court held that grand juries had the constitutional authority to investigate and issue presentments and the State had a right to proceed with its investigation and empanel a special grand jury relating to allegations of sexual abuse by members of the clergy
State v. Payne
The Tennessee Supreme Court held that courts cannot retroactively restructure final criminal sentences unless expressly permitted by law.
State v. Scott
The Supreme Court of Nebraska held that state and federal search and seizure protections did not apply to the defendant's arrest because Belizean police acted independently and were not in a "joint venture" with U.S. law enforcement
Winn v. Brady
The Hawai'i Supreme Court held that a recorded judment liean is a constitutionally protected property interest such that the interest holder is entitled to notice consistent
The Promenade D'Iberville, LLC v. Jacksonville Electric Authority
The Mississippi Supreme Court held the Mississippi Constitution does not bar courts from adjudicating claims against out-of-state entities, despite assertions of sovereign immunity and alleged violations of the Full Faith and Credit Clause and other comity principles
State v. Small
The Supreme Court of Appeals for West Virginia held the defendant's state and federal due process rights were not violated
University of Utah v. Tullis
The Utah Supreme Court held that its prior plurality decision holding that recovery limits statutes were unconstitutional as applied to the University of Utah did not have precedential value in the present medical malpractice suit
State v. Perea
The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that first-hand observations by a confidential informant can satisfy the requirement of probable cause for a search warrant under the state’s Rules of Criminal Procedure and search and seizure provision, if it is supported by sufficient detail to indicate the informant’s basis of knowledge
