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 April 2024.
Featured Cases
Texas v. Loe
The Texas Supreme Court refused to block a ban on certain medical treatments for transgender minors, saying the state legislature had a rational basis for passing the law and that it does not improperly infringe on the rights of parents to make medical decisions for the children or on physicians’ abilities to treat patients. The court also said the law does not constitute sex discrimination and declined to treat transgender people as a protected class.
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc, et al. v. Kim Reynolds, et al.
The Iowa Supreme Court held that abortion is not a fundamental right under the state constitution and is only subject to rational basis review. The court reversed a lower court injunction halting the state's "fetal heartbeat" law.
Drummond v. Statewide Virtual Charter Schoolboard
Ruled that the state education board’s approval of a Catholic school's application to be a public charter school violated the Oklahoma Constitution, the federal Establishment Clause, and the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act
Syed v. Lee
Intermediate court held that victim's representative's notice of a hearing on a motion to vacate defendant's convictions was inconsistent with constitution's rights for crime victims
Mothering Justice et al. v. Attorney General et al.
Intermediate court held that Legislature's enactment into law of citizen-initiated laws and then subsequent amendment of those laws did not violate rights of initiative and referendum
The Gym 24/7 Fitness LLC v. State of Michigan
Plaintiff claims that the temporary closure of fitness centers as a result of COVID-19-related executive orders constituted inverse condemnations and takings requiring compensation
Jane Doe v. Manchester School District
Plaintiff claims that school district's policy that staff generally should not inform parents when a student identifies as gender nonconforming, absent student consent, violates parents' rights
In re Tom Malinowski
Appellants claim that state's ban on fusion voting violates rights to vote, to free speech and political association, to equal protection, and to assemble
Hensley v. State Commission on Judicial Conduct
Plaintiff justice of the peace claims that sanctioning her for refusing to officiate same-sex marriages on account of her Christian faith violated her free speech rights
PFLAG v. Abbott
Plaintiffs claim that Governor's directive to investigate reports of gender-dysphoria treatment as alleged "child abuse," violated state constitution
Anderson v. Clarke
Habeas petitioner claims that state Department of Corrections wrongly interpreted a budget provision related to sentencing credits, violating ex post facto and due process clauses.
Layla H v. Virginia
Plaintiffs claim that state's practice of approving permits for fossil-fuel infrastructure violates substantive due process and public trust rights to natural resources
Owens v. Stirling
Plaintiffs claim that two execution methods in state's death penalty law—electrocution and firing squad—violate constitution's prohibition on cruel or unusual punishment