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
League of Women Voters of Missouri v. State
The Missouri Supreme Court permanently enjoined legislation criminalizing third-party voter registration and voter-engagement activities, affirming a lower court decision that the restrictions violated core political speech
Wisconsin Voter Alliance v. Secord
Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider whether notices to election officials of a court's determination that a person is "incompetent" to vote are subject to disclosure under the state's public records law
Montanans for Nonpartisan Courts v. Knudsen
Montana Supreme Court rejected Attorney General's proposed ballot statement for ballot initiative enshrining nonpartisan judicial elections in the state's constitution
Franklin v. Martinez
New Mexico Supreme Court declined to hold incarcerated people have a protected property interest in acquiring property through the corrections agency's inmate property policy, under inherent rights and due process clauses
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. Kurtz
Pennsylvania Supreme Court held, in a split decision, that there was no enforceable expectation of privacy in Google searches of a victim's name and address
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
State v. Good Day Farm Arkansas
Arkansas Supreme Court held that a provision that voter-approved measures may be amended or repealed by a two-thirds vote of the legislature permits legislative changes to citizen-initiated constitutional amendments
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
City of Kalispell v. Doman
Montana Supreme Court affirmed obstruction conviction for defendant arrested for failing to comply with police’s orders to move away from a traffic stop he was filming on his phone
