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
State v. Conner
Concurrence would have held that title of amended burglary statute violated state constitution’s title expression requirement for legislation, but that such defect was harmless
St. Lawrence Cnty. v. City of Ogdensburg
Ruled that local law amending a city charter to relinquish responsibility of delinquent property tax enforcement to the county did not violate home rule
People v. Johnson
Concurrence wrote that “police-initiated encounters with individuals are unconstitutional absent reasonable suspicion of criminality"
Idaho Power Co. v. Idaho State Tax Commission
Held that federal railroad law did not preempt state constitution’s requirement for tax uniformity, ruled taxing commission may not tax railroad properties differently than plaintiffs’ properties
State v. Noli
Ruled police’s expansion of scope of traffic stop into an unrelated illegal drug investigation violated constitution’s protections against unreasonable search and seizure
State ex rel. Grooms v. Privette
Ruled court lacked constitutional power to punish court clerk for contempt for failing to perform statutorily-required duties that were unrelated to court’s judicial function
Wisconsin Justice Initiative, Inc. v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Held that the process by which Marsy's Law amendment was submitted to voters satisfied constitutional requirements
State v. Johnson
Overruled precedent that permitted defendants in camera review of victim’s medical records, in part because of new victim’s rights constitutional provision
Commonwealth v. Rader
Ruled police stop and frisk of defendant did not violate state constitutional search and seizure and equal protection provisions, but defendants may make equal protection claims in the context of pedestrian stops
Weems v. State
Held that law barring Advanced Practice Registered Nurses from performing abortions unconstitutionally interfered with individuals' privacy right to seek medical care from a qualified provider of their choice