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
Montanans Against Irresponsible Densification v. State
Montana Supreme Court upheld housing reform laws against equal protection and right of public participation claims
Menzies v. Department of Corrections
Utah Supreme Court will consider challenge to the state's lethal injection and firing squad protocols as violating prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment and treating incarcerated people with unnecessary rigor
Department of Development Services for the City of North Canton v. CF Homes
Ohio Supreme Court will consider whether the state's prohibition against unreasonable searches requires officials seeking to inspect homes for regulatory reasons, not for criminal violations, to make a greater showing than what federal law requires
Sagoonick v. State of Alaska II
Alaska Supreme Court will consider whether law requiring the state to develop a natural gas project violates youth plaintiffs' rights to equal access and sustained yield of public trust resources and to a climate system that sustains human life
Gun Owners of America v. City of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider whether a state law regulating firearms preempts Philadelphia's ban on ghost guns and whether a claim the ban violates the state constitutional right to bear arms was waived
Chilutti v. Uber
Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated, without reaching merits, appellate decision finding state jury trial right requires a stricter standard than federal caselaw for when online arbitration agreements are enforceable against users who lack actual knowledge of the terms, finding the appellate court lacked jurisdiction
E.N. v. Kehoe
Missouri Supreme Court upheld state laws banning gender-affirming care for minors and Medicaid coverage for such care at any age, under state's equal protection, due process, and "gains of industry" clauses
People v. Sargeant
New York Court of Appeals ruled that the right to trial by a jury of 12 is subject to forfeiture in exceedingly rare circumstances where the defendant engages in egregious conduct affecting a juror after deliberations have begun and requiring that juror's discharge
McNabb v. Harrison
Tennessee Supreme Court held the state constitution requires a candidate running for municipal judge to be a resident of the same municipality to which he will be assigned, both at time of the election and for one year prior; litigation continues on remand
Isaacson v. Arizona
Arizona trial court struck down several restrictions on pre-viability abortion for violating 2024 amendment enshrining abortion rights
