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 September 2025.
Featured Cases
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
Hoke County Board of Education v. State of North Carolina
The North Carolina Supreme Court overturned its own precedent and put an end to more than 30 years of litigation involving the funding of public education in the state
Commonwealth v. Lee
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that mandating a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, for “felony murder” — a legal doctrine that allows someone to be prosecuted for murder for any death that occurs during the commission of a separate felony, even if the defendant never meant to kill anyone — violates the Pennsylvania Constitution’s ban on “cruel” punishments
Lawyers for Children v. New York State Office of Children
New York Court of Appeals will consider whether a state agency acted without legislative authorization when it created a new system temporarily placing children, whose parents voluntarily seek outside care, in "host homes"
Commonwealth v. Meta Platforms
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed denial of Meta and Instagram's motion to dismiss youth addictive design claims
Roundtree v. City of Page
Arizona Supreme Court holds that the constitutional right to initiate law at the local level does authorize non-legislative initiatives
Allegheny Reproductive Health v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
Pennsylvania Supreme Court reinstated lawsuit challenging constitutionality of ban on Medicaid-funded abortion and held that the ban must survive heightened scrutiny; on remand, lower court found the ban violates the state's equal rights amendment and equal protection guarantee
Jackson v. Southfield Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative
Michigan Supreme Court affirms retroactive application of a prior ruling that government retention of surplus proceeds from a tax foreclosure auction is an unconstitutional taking
Office of the Auditor of Accounts v. Office of the Attorney General
Vermont Supreme Court held that the Vermont Constitution does not grant Vermont's Auditor of Accounts powers outside of those authorized by the legislature
State v. Gleason
Kansas Supreme Court established that the right to a jury trial is coextensive with jury rights at common law and held that failure to instruct on an element of a charged crime creates a rebuttable presumption of prejudice and is not grounds for automatic reversal
State ex rel. Office of the State Engineer v. Intrepid Potash, Inc.
New Mexico Supreme Court held that speculation is not sufficient to rebut the presumption that water rights have been abandoned
Koski v. RNC
Virginia Supreme Court permitted legislature’s proposed amendment to redraw the state’s congressional map to proceed to a vote, staying trial court's temporary restraining order against officials moving forward with the election
Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana v. Anonymous Plaintiff 1
Indiana Supreme Court will consider a lower court's permanent injunction against the state's abortion ban as to a class of religious plaintiffs; the high court previously declined to review an intermediate court's affirmance that the religious and spiritual plaintiffs
were entitled to a temporary injunction
