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 May 2025.
Featured Cases
Access Independent Health Services v. Wrigley
North Dakota Supreme Court upheld state's abortion ban despite three of five justices concluding a health-risk exception was unconstitutionally vague, because the state constitution requires four justices to declare legislation unconstitutional
Clarke v. Town of Newburgh
New York Court of Appeals held local government could not assert state or federal equal protection challenge to the vote dilution provision of the state's Voting Rights Act
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
Smith v. Ohio State University
Held that discretionary immunity serves as a jurisdictional bar, not an affirmative defense, to suits against the state in the Court of Claims
Davis v. Bissen
Held that unabandoned possessions of houseless persons constitute property and were protected by Hawaii's due process clause
State Chamber of Oklahoma v. Cobbs
Dissent would have struck down Initiative Petition 446 as a facially unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority to federal officials in direct contravention of the Court's precedent
Aztec Municipal Schools v. Cardenas
Affirmed a lower court decision that a workers’ compensation limit on the duration of disability benefits for a mental illness violated the equal protection clause of the state constitution.
Vazquez v. State
Held that the statute generally defining state residency governs Alaska Constitution's three-year state residency requirement for Alaska legislators
State v. Gnewuch
Held that Nebraska's deferred judgment statute did not violate the state constitution's separation of powers clause
Muth v. Voe; Doe v. Abbott; Muth v. PFLAG
Appellate court upheld, in a pair of decisions, injunctions prohibiting the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services from enforcing an expanded definition of “child abuse” in a way that would mandate investigations of caregivers providing gender-affirming medical care for minors.
NC NAACP v. Almance County
Held that law prohibiting removal of a confederate monument outside courthouse did not violate equal protection, tax, or open courts provisions of state constitutions
Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights v. Knudsen
Ruled that the Attorney General's ballot proposed ballot statement for a reproductive rights initiative was prejudicial and crafted a new, compliant statement.
Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re: Limiting Government Interference with Abortion
Approved a constitutional amendment for the 2024 ballot that seeks to prevent laws that would "prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary for the patient's health."
