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 October 2025.
Featured Cases
Equal Ground Education Fund v. Byrd; Vaccari v. Byrd; Common Cause v. DeSantis
Consolidated actions challenging Florida’s congressional map as violating the state's Fair Districts Amendment. The map remains in place after a trial court denied a temporary injunction
NAACP v. Tennessee
Tennessee lower court dismissed challenge to the state's mid-decade congressional redistricting, which claimed the legislature did not have authority to alter state laws to allow the redistrictring because those alterations were not specifically included in the governor's proclamation calling the session
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
Ex parte Jefferson County Board of Education
Ruled constitution’s state immunity clause extends to county boards of education providing absolute immunity against all claims including breach of contract
Taylor v. Northam
Upheld governor’s order to remove confederate monument, as the joint resolution of the 1889 legislature did not strip the governor's authority to order removal
Patterson v. State
Ruled that applying statutory and civil procedure rule time bars to defendant’s post-conviction habeas petition did not violate open courts and suspension clauses
Reclaim Idaho & the Commission to Protect & Preserve the Idaho Constitution, Inc. v. Denney
Ruled law increasing signature threshold and setting effective date of all voter-approved initiatives unconstitutionally infringed on people’s initiative and referendum powers
Cameron v. Beshear
Lifted injunction on legislation that restricted governor’s emergency powers, and upheld Attorney General’s power to veto governor’s suspension of statutes as a valid exercise of legislature’s authority
Fann v. State
Ruled approved citizens’ initiative for new income tax surcharge violated Education Expenditure Clause, but not Tax Enactment Clause as a voter measure rather than legislative act
Redgrave v. Ducey
Ruled state has sovereign immunity to suit under Fair Labor Standards Act because legislature has not exercised its constitutional authority to consent to federal damages liability
State v. Bigger
Ruled statute eliminating “no fault” exception for untimely filings for post-conviction relief under Arizona Rules of Criminal Procedure conflicted with court’s constitutional rulemaking authority
State v. McQueen
Ruled that an arrestee had a reasonable expectation of privacy in phone call made from police station, and warrantless seizure of the recording was unconstitutional
Leidig v. State
Ruled admission of forensic test report without giving the defendant an opportunity to cross-exam the author violated confrontation clause
