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.
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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
State v. Stubbs
The Kansas Supreme Court held that a state statute that criminalizes knowingly possessing a dangerous knife with intent to use it unlawfully against another was not unconstitutionally vague
State v. Phipps
The Kansas Supreme Court overruled its prior decision in State v. Roat, eliminating prudential exceptions to mootness and reaffirming that mootness is a jurisdictional doctrine under the Kansas Constitution
State v. Green
The Kansas Supreme Court held that the state's premeditated first-degree murder statute was not unconstitutionally vague under the Kansas Constitution
State v. Fletcher
The Supreme Court of Idaho held that drug dog sniffs were not unconstitutional searches under the Idaho Constitution
State v. Woods
The Supreme Court of Iowa held that an Iowa statute, which prohibits carrying dangerous weapons while illegally possessing a controlled substance or committing an indictable offense, did not violate the federal or state constitutional right to keep and bear arms
State v. Ramirez
The Wisconsin Supreme Court held tha the 46-month delay between the filing of charges and the start of the defendant's trial did not violate the defendant's right to a speedy trial
Paxton v. American Oversight
The Supreme Court of Texas held that district courts lack jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus against constitutional executive officers, like the Governor and Attorney General, unless expressly authorized by statute
State v. Ninh
The Kansas Supreme Court held that criminal rape and aggravated criminal sodomy statutes were not unconstitutionally vague
Lewis v. State
The Georgia Supreme Court held that venue must be assessed under the proper legal framework provided by OCGA S 17-2-2 (c)
State v. McDonald
The Supreme Court of Appeals for West Virginia held the defendant’s 80-year sentence for first-degree robbery was constitutionally proportionate
