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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. Perea
The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that first-hand observations by a confidential informant can satisfy the requirement of probable cause for a search warrant under the state’s Rules of Criminal Procedure and search and seizure provision, if it is supported by sufficient detail to indicate the informant’s basis of knowledge
Land v. BAS, LLC
The Arkansas Supreme Court held that the Commissioner of State Lands mailing a notice of tax sale via certified mail to the property owner’s last known addressed satisfied due process, and a tax sale of property where sufficient notice was provided did not constitute a taking under the state and federal constitutions, precluding the owner from overcoming sovereign immunity based on these claims
Bojorquez v. State
The Florida Supreme Court held that repealed taxicab licenses that are no longer recognized by the State and County due to the dissolution of the issuing Commission did not amount to compensable property under the state’s Takings Clause
University of Utah v. Tullis
The Utah Supreme Court held that its prior plurality decision holding that recovery limits statutes were unconstitutional as applied to the University of Utah did not have precedential value in the present medical malpractice suit
City of Dover v. Secretary of State
The New Hampshire Supreme Court held that a redistricting statute is presumed constitutional and will not be invalidated unless there is a clear and substantial conflict with the constitution
Bolen v. New Mexico Racing Commission
The Supreme Court of New Mexico held that judicial immunity is an affirmative defense available to public bodies sued under New Mexico's Civil Rights Act and may extend to bodies performing quasi-judicial functions in the executive branch
In re Judge Jennifer Medley
Louisiana Supreme Court suspended district judge under state constitutional clause and judicial conduct code for activities during her election campaign — including knowingly false statements that her opponent was a "deadbeat dad" — disagreeing those statements were protected by the First Amendment
League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature (LWV 1)
Utah Supreme Court dismissed legislators' appeal from trial court ruling that struck the state's congressional map. Lower court said law the map was enacted under violated a fundamental right of voters to alter or reform their government — recognized by the Utah high court earlier in the case — by repealing a redistricting-reform initiative, and subsequently adopted plaintiffs' proposed alternative map
Voces de la Frontera v. Gerber
Original action accepted by the Wisconsin Supreme Court alleging sherriffs who honored ICE detainer requests acted outside the scope of their arresting authority
Department of Environmental Protection v. Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau; Bowfin KeyCon Holdings v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard arguments related to separation of powers and environmental rights amendment in consolidated challenges to the state's participation in a regional program to cap greenhouse gases before dismissing the challenges as moot
