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
Barrett v. Montana
Ruled that three 2021 laws regulating universities were unconstitutional, including the “Save Women’s Sports Act” that banned transgender athletes from playing on women’s college teams.
Hogan v. Southern Methodist University
Held that a pandemic era law that protected schools from having to pay monetary damages for changes made to the academic experience did not violate a Texas Constitution clause prohibiting retroactive laws.
Mothering Justice v. Attorney General
Held that the legislature's adoption and amendment of proposed ballot initiatives in the same legislative session violated the people’s right to propose and enact laws through the initiative process. Ordered that proposals raising the minimum wage and providing earned paid sick time take effect as originally adopted, not as amended.
Fair Maps Nevada v. Jeng
Nevada Supreme Court held that initiatives seeking to amend the state constitution to create a seven-member redistricting commission charged with drawing the state's legislative and congressional maps were unconstitutional
Sisolak v. Polymer80
Upheld several statutes relating to bans of “ghost guns” ban, overturning a district court ruling that found the statutes unconstitutionally vague
People v. Lymon
Held that the act requiring registration as a sex offender violates the state constitutional ban on "cruel or unusual" punishments when applied to people whose convictions lack a sexual component
Nevadans For Reproductive Freedom v. Washington et al.
Rejected a challenge by an anti-abortion group to a proposed ballot initiative that would create state constitutional abortion protections
Texas v. Loe
The Texas Supreme Court refused to block a ban on certain medical treatments for transgender minors, saying the state legislature had a rational basis for passing the law and that it does not improperly infringe on the rights of parents to make medical decisions for the children or on physicians’ abilities to treat patients. The court also said the law does not constitute sex discrimination and declined to treat transgender people as a protected class.
Midsouth Association of Independent Schools v. Parents for Public Schools
Ruled that non-profit organization Parents for Public Schools lacked standing because they could not demonstrate an adverse impact to a 2022 law that allowed independent schools to apply for federal and state funds for certain infrastructure improvements allocated in response to the Covid pandemic.
I.S. v. State
Held that a statute requiring prosecutor's written approval as a prerequisite to dismissal and referral to informal supervision if juvenile was charged with offense that, if committed by adult, would constitute felony or gross misdemeanor, did not violate separation of powers
