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 August 2025.
Featured Cases
McDougle v. Scott
Virginia Supreme Court, in a split decision, nullified a constitutional amendment approved by voters that would have redrawn the state's congressional districts, finding the legislative process used for the amendment violated the state constitution
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
Kratovil v. City of New Brunswick
The Supreme Court of New Jersey held Daniel's Law is constitutional under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article I Paragraph 6 of the New Jersey Constitution
Gudinas v. State
The Florida Supreme Court held the state's Conformity Clause was constitutional and prevented it from interpreting Florida's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment to exempt individuals from execution whose mental or cognitive issues did not rise to the level of intellectual disability, or whose chronological age was over 18 years at the time of their capital crimes
Commonwealth v. Hunte
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that state law mandating warrantless blood draws from individuals suspected of DUIs is facially unconstitutional
State v. Herzog
The Montana Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article II, Section 11 of the Montana Constitution protect individuals from unreasonable searches and seizuress, but a temporary investigative stop, or Terry stop, is a recognized exception that the State has the burden of affirmatively proving by demonstrating an officer had the requisite particularized suspicion particularized suspicion based on specific and articulable objective facts
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
Idahoans United for Women & Families v. Labrador
The Idaho Supreme Court held that the Fiscal Imopact Statement and short ballot title for an abortion-related ballot initiative violated sections of the Idaho Constitution
In re Concerning The State Grand Jury
The New Jersey Supreme Court held that grand juries had the constitutional authority to investigate and issue presentments and the State had a right to proceed with its investigation and empanel a special grand jury relating to allegations of sexual abuse by members of the clergy
State v. Payne
The Tennessee Supreme Court held that courts cannot retroactively restructure final criminal sentences unless expressly permitted by law
Winn v. Brady
The Hawai'i Supreme Court held that a recorded judment liean is a constitutionally protected property interest such that the interest holder is entitled to notice consistent
State v. Scott
The Supreme Court of Nebraska held that state and federal search and seizure protections did not apply to the defendant's arrest because Belizean police acted independently and were not in a "joint venture" with U.S. law enforcement
