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
Land v. BAS, LLC
The Arkansas Supreme Court held that the Commissioner of State Lands mailing a notice of tax sale via certified mail to the property owner’s last known addressed satisfied due process, and a tax sale of property where sufficient notice was provided did not constitute a taking under the state and federal constitutions, precluding the owner from overcoming sovereign immunity based on these claims
Bojorquez v. State
The Florida Supreme Court held that repealed taxicab licenses that are no longer recognized by the State and County due to the dissolution of the issuing Commission did not amount to compensable property under the state’s Takings Clause
City of Dover v. Secretary of State
The New Hampshire Supreme Court held that a redistricting statute is presumed constitutional and will not be invalidated unless there is a clear and substantial conflict with the constitution
Bolen v. New Mexico Racing Commission
The Supreme Court of New Mexico held that judicial immunity is an affirmative defense available to public bodies sued under New Mexico's Civil Rights Act and may extend to bodies performing quasi-judicial functions in the executive branch
Michigan Immigrant Rights Center v. Governor
Michigan Supreme Court, post-oral argument, denied petition for review raising whether a statute barring claims against the state unless the plaintiff provides notice of the claim within one year of accrual, applies to constitutional claims for prospective relief against officials
State ex rel. Boggs v. City of Cleveland
Ohio Supreme Court held a municipality's state constitutional duty to pay compensation when its actions amount to a taking applies regardless of whether the property being taken is outside the city's boundaries.
Department of Environmental Protection v. Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau; Bowfin KeyCon Holdings v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard arguments related to separation of powers and environmental rights amendment in consolidated challenges to the state's participation in a regional program to cap greenhouse gases before dismissing the challenges as moot
Eyman v. Hobbs
Washington Supreme Court held secretary of state did not have a clear duty to advance a proposed parental rights referendum because the legislation that would have been put to vote included a valid emergency declaration exempting it from the referendum power.
Luther v. Hoskins
Voters challenge Missouri's new congressional district map arguing the state constitution prohibits mid-decade redistricting.
Netzer v. State
Montana Supreme Court held provisions of a law barring discrimination based on vaccine status, including a ban on mandating vaccines that have not completed safety trials, do not violate the state constitution's single-subject requirement.
