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
Florida Supreme Court denied petition seeking to halt use of the state's new congressional map while consolidated challenges to the map under the state's Fair Districts Amendment proceed. An appellate court is reviewing a trial court's denial of 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
Long v. Commonwealth
The Kentucky Supreme Court held that the Kentucky Constitution does not bar claims for purely declaratory relief or claims for refends of funds never due to the state
State v. A.M.W.
The Washington Supreme Court reinforced the Washington Constitution's protection of judicial autonomy in procedural matters when it clarifiied that the procedural rules it adopts, such as JuCR 7.16, control over conflicting statutes but conflicting statutes control on substantive matters
Krug v. New Jersey State Parole Board
The New Jersey Supreme Court held that the retroactive application of a 1997 amendment to the Parole Act did not violate the ex post facto clauses of the state and U.S. constitutions
Fitz-James v. Hoskins
Missouri appellate court rewrote ballot language for a proposed 2026 measure that would repeal the state's 2024 reproductive rights amendment, as well as affirmed that the measure did not violate the single-subject rule
State v. Andrus
The Utah Supreme Court held that a state law enforcment agency may use records lawfully obtained by federal law enforcement without violating the state's constitution or being subject to the state's Electronic Information or Data Privacy Act (EIDPA)
Smith v. Fontes
The Arizona Supreme Court held an election statute requiring the Secretary of State to double count some invalid signatures violated the U.S. and state constitutions because it effectively raised the 15% signature threshold for proposing a constitutional amendment via initiative to 15.2%
State v. Alford
The Montana Supreme Court held that the mandatory minimum custodial sentence for felony DUIs was not facially unconstitutional under the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause in the state's constitution
Nicholson v. State
Missouri Supreme Court held that addition of a provision allowing the attorney general to immediately appeal preliminary injunctions against the state during the enactment of a 2025 statute, altered the bill's original purpose to modify judicial review of ballot measure language
Clarke v. Town of Newburgh
New York Court of Appeals held local government could not assert state or federal equal protection challenge to the vote dilution provision of the state's Voting Rights Act
Missouri State Conference of the NAACP v. State
Missouri Supreme Court held that voters and advocacy organizations lacked standing to challenge the constitutionality of Missouri’s strict photo ID requirements
