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 June 2025.
Featured Cases
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
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
McDougle v. Nardo
Virginia Supreme Court permitted legislature's proposed amendment to redraw the state’s congressional map to proceed to a vote, while it considers appeal of trial court decision finding the legislative process unconstitutional
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
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
Nicholson v. State
Missouri Supreme Court held that addition of a provision allowing the attorney general to immediately appeal preliminary injunctions against the state during the enactment of a 2025 statute, altered the bill's original purpose to modify judicial review of ballot measure language
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
Isaacson v. Arizona
Arizona trial court struck down several restrictions on pre-viability abortion for violating 2024 amendment enshrining abortion rights
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
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
Degenfelder v. Wyoming Educational Association; Leck v. Wyoming Educational Association
Wyoming Supreme Court will consider the state constitutionality of the state's school-choice program; a lower court preliminarily blocked the program
EFG America v. Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona Supreme Court will consider whether trying enforcement actions brought by the state’s securities regulator in juryless administrative hearings violates an enforcement target’s right to a jury trial
