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
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
Luther v. Hoskins
The Missouri Supreme Court rejected voters' challenge to Missouri's new congressional district map, which the plaintiffs said ran afoul of state constitutional prohibitions on mid-decade redistricting. The court said the state constitution contained no express prohibition on mid-decade redistricting and that the map was a "valid exercise" of the "plenary legislative power to establish congressional districts."
State v. Davis
Ruled that use of information obtained during two warrantless police entries into enclosed porch and interior of defendant’s home violated guarantee against unreasonable searches
People v. House
Dissent would have held mandatory minimum life sentence for murder as a young adult offender does not violate state constitution's proportionate penalties clause as applied
State v. Walker-Brazie
Ruled that evidence seized by Border Patrol was inadmissible in a state criminal proceeding when that search did not comply with the state constitution
Guns Save Life, Inc. v. Ali
Ruled county ordinances taxing retail purchase of firearms and ammunition burdened a fundamental right and violated state constitution’s uniformity clause
People v. McCavitt
Dissent wrote that post-acquittal search of defendant’s computer hard drive without a new warrant violated guarantees against unreasonable searches and seizures
State v. Hubbard
Ruled statute requiring offenders who committed offenses prior to effective date of statute to enroll in a violent offender database did not violate retroactivity clause
State v. Robison
Ruled statute requiring district courts to determine damages for criminal restitution orders violated state constitution’s jury trial right
State v. Correa
Ruled that a warrantless canine sniff of the door to a motel room is a search and violates the state constitution
People v. Torres
Ruled city law imposing criminal liability on drivers injuring pedestrians or bicyclists did not violate due process under state and federal constitutions nor was it preempted
Edwards v. Commonwealth
Ruled that whistleblower act’s limitation on governor’s power to remove an administrative agency chair did not violate separation of powers principles
