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
League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature (LWV 1)
Utah Supreme Court dismissed legislators' appeal from trial court ruling that struck the state's congressional map. Lower court said law the map was enacted under violated a fundamental right of voters to alter or reform their government — recognized by the Utah high court earlier in the case — by repealing a redistricting-reform initiative, and subsequently adopted plaintiffs' proposed alternative map
Commonwealth v. Council for Better Education; LaFontaine v. Council for Better Education
Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a law providing for charter schools funds education outside the “system of common schools,” in violation of clauses requiring the legislature to establish such a system and voters to approve such funding
McDougle v. Nardo
Virginia Supreme Court permitted legislature's proposed amendment to redraw the state’s congressional map to proceed to a vote, while it considers appeal of trial court decision finding the legislative process unconstitutional
Terry Hubbard v. State
Florida Supreme Court will consider whether a statewide prosecution office, created by an amendment limiting its jurisdiction to crimes occurring in or affecting multiple judicial circuits, may prosecute a person accused of voting while ineligible
In re Kowalczyk
California Supreme Court will consider whether and how each of two clauses governs a judge's decision to deny bail and whether a court may set bail above an arrestee's ability to pay, causing a de facto denial
E.N. v. Kehoe
Missouri Supreme Court upheld state laws banning gender-affirming care for minors and Medicaid coverage for such care at any age, under state's equal protection, due process, and "gains of industry" clauses
Opternative, Inc. v. South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
South Carolina Supreme Court ruled a law prohibiting glasses and contact prescriptions based solely on online vision tests, without an in-person eye exam, did not violate telehealth business’s due process or equal protection rights
Rivera v. Borough of Pottstown
Pennsylvania appellate court ruled that administrative warrants for rental home inspections must have individualized probable cause to satisfy the state's search and seizure clause, exceeding the federal standard
People v. Sargeant
New York Court of Appeals ruled that the right to trial by a jury of 12 is subject to forfeiture in exceedingly rare circumstances where the defendant engages in egregious conduct affecting a juror after deliberations have begun and requiring that juror's discharge
State v. Stubbs
The Kansas Supreme Court held that a state statute that criminalizes knowingly possessing a dangerous knife with intent to use it unlawfully against another was not unconstitutionally vague
State v. Phipps
The Kansas Supreme Court overruled its prior decision in State v. Roat, eliminating prudential exceptions to mootness and reaffirming that mootness is a jurisdictional doctrine under the Kansas Constitution
State v. Ninh
The Kansas Supreme Court held that criminal rape and aggravated criminal sodomy statutes were not unconstitutionally vague
State v. Green
The Kansas Supreme Court held that the state's premeditated first-degree murder statute was not unconstitutionally vague under the Kansas Constitution
