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 August 2024.
Featured Cases
Genser v. Butler County Board of Elections
Held citizens whose mail-in ballots were disqualified for a failure to return them in the required secrecy envelope have a right to cast a provisional ballot and have it count.
Cincinnati Enquirer v. Bloom
Found the blanket sealing of a juvenile’s delinquency records when the juvenile is found not delinquent — the juvenile equivalent of not guilty — unconstitutional because there was no determination that the harm to the juvenile outweighed the public’s right to access court records
Gonzalez v. Miller
Unanimously affirmed the denial of a district attorney’s effort to dismiss a state Open Records Act request relating to her office’s “failure . . . to effectively prosecute criminal cases, and an open disregard for the laws of the State of Georgia"
Walter v. State
Dissent would have held that the imposition of monetary sanctions against the indigent defendant and the denial of his right to file further applications in forma pauperis violated equal access
Lucas v. Ashcroft
Ruled that the fiscal note summary printed on every ballot cast for a constitutional amendment authorizing increase in minimum funding of city police force was inaccurate and misleading
O’Halloran v. Sec. of State
The Michigan Supreme Court will decide the legality of certain instructions for election challengers and poll watchers issued by the secretary of state in 2022 in response to reports of widespread disruption by challengers in 2020.
Associated General Contractors of Washington v. State
Held that held that the new statute governing use of collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) to set prevailing wage rates did not unconstitutionally revise or modify earlier statute limiting use of data from wage surveys
Jackson County Emergency Medical Service District v. Kirkland
Ruled that the county emergency medical services district, vis-a-vis the board of trustees, was subject to immunity to the same extent as municipalities and counties within the state
Priorities USA v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
The Wisconsin Supreme Court reinstated the use of ballot drop boxes, finding it was within election officials statutory authority to decide whether or not to offer them as a way for voters to return absentee ballots.
Legislature of the State of California v. Weber
The California Supreme Court decided, without the benefit of lower court review, to remove from November’s ballot a proposed initiative that would require voter approval of nearly any new statewide or local tax.
Hilo Bay Marina v. State of Hawaii
The Hawaii Supreme Court will decide whether a 100-year-old deed restriction requiring that property sold to the Mormon Church be used “for church purposes only” violates the Hawaii Constitution’s religious freedom clause, the First Amendment, or state statute.
Parrish v. State of Florida
The Florida Supreme Court will resolve a split among the state’s appellate courts over whether a trial judge’s choice not to impose a sentence that falls below the statutory range for the crime — known as a “downward departure” — is appealable by a defendant.
People v. Lymon
Held that the act requiring registration as a sex offender violates the state constitutional ban on "cruel or unusual" punishments when applied to people whose convictions lack a sexual component
