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
Commonwealth v. Anthony Lewis
Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to adopt stringent test for the evidence required to designate an area “high crime” in order for that circumstance to be a factor in whether reasonable suspicion exists for a police stop, leaving it to the discretion of the suppression court
Texas Department of Family & Protective Services v. Grassroots LeaderShip, Inc.
Held that there is no “public-interest exception” to mootness under the Texas Constitution
Spencer v. State
Held that gag order violated state free speech protections and was unconstitutionally vague under federal constitution
Scott-Schwalbach v. Rosenblum
Oregon Supreme Court ordered the attorney general to revise the ballot title for an initiative that would give parents a right to enroll their child in any K-12 public school statewide that had capacity
Kohlhaas v. State
Held that ballot initiative adopting nonpartisan primary election and ranked-choice voting did not infringe on voting rights, political parties’ associational rights, or other constitutional provisions
Stewart v. Ramczyk
Held that New Mexico’s Speech and Debate Clause grants legislators immunity for legitimate legislative acts, regardless of motive
State v. Zarella
Held that in-camera review of confidential or privileged private records requires a compelling justification and proof the information cannot be obtained elsewhere
State v. Labrum
Held that due process permits refiling of criminal charges previously dismissed for insufficient evidence if refiling was not done in bad faith or to harass the defendant
Stewart v. Rosenblum
Illinois Supreme Court held statutes providing for pretrial release did not unduly infringe any inherent judicial authority to indefinitely detain pretrial a defendant who repeatedly failed to appear
Hawaii v. Zuffante
Hawaii Supreme Court held state due process clause requires law enforcement to record in-station custodial interrogations and, when feasible, out-of-station, as a necessary procedural safeguard for multiple rights, including to a fair trial
