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
Johnson v. Wyoming
Wyoming Supreme Court struck down the state's abortion and medication abortion bans for violating a 2012 amendment that granted adults the right to make their own health care decisions
League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature (LWV 1)
Utah Supreme Court sent partisan gerrymandering case back to lower court to consider whether the legislature violated voters' fundamental right to "reform or alter" their government when it overturned redistricting reforms passed by initiative. Lower court found legislators violated that right and struck the current congressional map, adopting an alternative proposed by the plaintiffs
Jackson v. Florida
Florida Supreme Court upheld a 2023 law that permits eligible defendants to be sentenced to death on the recommendation of only 8 of 12 jurors
Jurgensen v. Dave Perkins Contracting, Inc.
The Minnesota Supreme Court held that the capped fee did not violate the Minnesota Constitution Contracts Clause because the law was in effect when the attorney-client contract was formed
Wisconsin State Legislature v. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
The Wisconsin Supreme Court held that a bill passed by the legislature creating accounts to fund literacy programs was not subject to the Governor’s partial-veto authority under the state constitution
Guy v. Hous. Authority of Augusta
The Supreme Court of Georgia held that whether the Housing Authority of the City of Augusta's is entitled to sovereign immunity must be resolved by examining the common law as it existed in 1776
People v. Barrett
The Supreme Court of California upheld the constitutionality of Penal Code section 190.2's lying-in-wait special circumstance and the use of the defendant's juvenile conviction, reasoning that these provisions sufficiently narrowed the class of death-eligible defendants and were consistent with the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Johnson v. Commonwealth
The Kentucky Supreme Court held the trial court violated the defendant’s Confrontation Clause rights when it allowed the widow of the murder victim and key witness to testify remotely via Zoom
State v. Scullark
The Supreme Court of Iowa held that the search of the defendant's fanny pack was valid as a search incident to arrest
Bain v. City of Cheyenne
The Wyoming Supreme Court held a provision of the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act capping the liability of governmental entities and public employees did not violate the Wyoming Constitution’s prohibition on the enactment of laws limiting the amount of damages to be recovered for causing the injury or death of any person
State v. Herzog
The Montana Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article II, Section 11 of the Montana Constitution protect individuals from unreasonable searches and seizuress, but a temporary investigative stop, or Terry stop, is a recognized exception that the State has the burden of affirmatively proving by demonstrating an officer had the requisite particularized suspicion particularized suspicion based on specific and articulable objective facts
Kratovil v. City of New Brunswick
The Supreme Court of New Jersey held Daniel's Law is constitutional under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Article I Paragraph 6 of the New Jersey Constitution
Commonwealth v. Hunte
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that state law mandating warrantless blood draws from individuals suspected of DUIs is facially unconstitutional
