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
Persaud-Zamora v. Cegavske
Nevada lower court rewrote the description for a proposed initiative that would have required voters to present certain identification at the polls, in response to challenge that the prior language was misleading
McVay v. Cockroft
Oklahoma Supreme Court will consider whether a law making it harder for citizen initiative petitions to qualify for the ballot violates citizens' state constitutional initiative, free speech, and equal protection rights
Coleman v. Board of Education
Kentucky Supreme Court held that a statute restructuring the relationship between a county's board of education and its school superintendent violated a prohibition against special or local legislation, modifying the court's prior decision upholding the law
Tran v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held former state senator was not immune from criminal charges that he used his official position to secure unwarranted privileges by utilizing his senate staff for reelection campaign activities, under the state constitution's clause granting legislative privilege for deliberation and debate and under separation of powers principles
In Re Initiative Measure No. 65
Mississippi Supreme Court held that a state constitutional provision governing initiatives was inoperable because the signature-gathering requirement failed to account for the presentday reduction in congressional districts in the state
Knight v. Fontes
Arizona Supreme Court held the retention election process for intermediate appellate judges does not violate the "free and equal" elections clause or equal privileges and immunities provision
Wyoming Education Association v. State
Trial court found Wyoming was underfunding public schools in violation of its state constitutional duty to provide an equal opportunity for a quality education. The Wyoming Supreme Court is considering the state's appeal
State v. James Ellis
Washington Supreme Court held restitution imposed on an indigent defendant did not violate state or federal excessive fines clause, finding the amount to be compensatory, not punitive
Assurecare Adult Home v. Bolina
Washington Supreme Court will consider a challenge by residential caregivers to elderly and disabled adults to an exclusion in the state's minimum wage law for live-in caregivers, brought under the state constitution's "privileges and immunities" clause
League of Women Voters of Greeley v. Board of County Commissioners of City of Weld
Held that the Colorado Constitution's Home Rule provision does not authorize counties to disregard state redistricting statutes
