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 August 2024.
Featured Cases
Genser v. Butler County Board of Elections
Held citizens whose mail-in ballots were disqualified for a failure to return them in the required secrecy envelope have a right to cast a provisional ballot and have it count.
Gonzalez v. Miller
Unanimously affirmed the denial of a district attorney’s effort to dismiss a state Open Records Act request relating to her office’s “failure . . . to effectively prosecute criminal cases, and an open disregard for the laws of the State of Georgia"
Republican National Committee v. Eternal Vigilance Action, Inc
The Georgia Supreme Court left in place a lower court ruling that several controversial new election rules are “illegal, unconstitutional, and void.” The rules would have made election certification discretionary, required hand-counting the number of ballots, made drop boxes harder to use, and expanded the role of poll watchers. The appeal will proceed on a normal schedule, which means the state supreme court will fully consider the challenge against the rules over the next few months.
Commonwealth v. Privette
Ruled that investigating officers’ knowledge giving rise to reasonable suspicion can be imputed to an acting officer so long as there was awareness of some critical facts and communication with those officers
State v. Pool
Ruled where the protections against unlawful searches under the federal and state constitution are coextensive, a valid waiver of rights under one constitution constitutes consent to conduct covered by both constitutions
LS Power Midcontinent, LLC v. State
Ruled that bill enacting a right of first refusal in competitive bidding likely violated the single-subject requirement of the state constitution
State v. Brearcliffe
Ruled that defendant must receive notice their right to appeal may be waived if their absence prevents sentencing from occurring within ninety days after conviction
People v. Mayfield
Ruled that the court's administrative orders tolling the speedy-trial statute did not violate the Illinois Constitution's separation-of-powers clause.
Hanson v. Carmona
Ruled statute requiring pre-suit notice of tort claims against local government conflicted with court rules but did not violate separation of powers
Taylor v. The Devereux Foundation
Ruled that a punitive damages cap did not violate the right to a jury trial, separation of powers, or equal protection guarantees
Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice v. Drummond
Held that statute requiring a life-threatening medical emergency to perform an abortion violates due process and inherent right to life and liberty
Wrigley v. Romanick
Ruled that state constitution provides a fundamental right to receive life and health preserving abortions
State v. Meredith
Ruled that, as applied, statute authorizing particular fare enforcement method in barrier-free transit system violated constitutional right to privacy
