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."
Texas State University v. Villarreal
Ruled that student's dismissal from state university does not implicate a protected liberty interest, and notification of the reason and ability to respond are adequate to satisfy due course of law clause
Texas Propane Gas Association v. City of Houston
Concurrence and Dissent would have held that standing requires plaintiffs challenging a statutory or regulatory scheme plead facts showing injury arising from every provision they want enjoined
In re Monschke
Ruled that mandatory LWOP sentence under aggravated murder statute is unconstitutional as applied to 19- and 20-year old defendants
State ex rel. Brnovich v. City of Tucson
Ruled state constitution's home rule provision precludes a statute requiring a charter city to consolidate local elections with state and national elections
State ex rel. Kotek v. Fagan
Ruled that it is an exercise of the court's mandamus authority to revise deadlines for state officials' constitutional redistricting duties when pandemic delayed federal census data
State v. Snyder
Ruled that domestic violence emergency protective orders are not de facto search warrants and do not meet the probable cause standards under the search and seizure clause
State v. Sutterfield
Ruled that arrest by police officer for completed misdemeanor that occurred outside the officer's presence did not violate search and seizure clause where officer was assisting a private individual conducting a citizen arrest
State v. Heath
Ruled that religious liberty clause in section of constitution containing housekeeping provisions for the transition from territory to statehood was not intended to broaden the guarantee in the declaration of rights
Metcalfe v. State
Ruled repeal of statutory right of reinstatement unconstitutionally impaired or diminished an accrued benefit of the state employee retirement system
State v. Blake
Ruled that state's strict liability drug possession statute violates state's more extensive due process protections
