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 April 2024.
Featured Cases
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.
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc, et al. v. Kim Reynolds, et al.
The Iowa Supreme Court held that abortion is not a fundamental right under the state constitution and is only subject to rational basis review. The court reversed a lower court injunction halting the state's "fetal heartbeat" law.
Drummond v. Statewide Virtual Charter Schoolboard
Ruled that the state education board’s approval of a Catholic school's application to be a public charter school violated the Oklahoma Constitution, the federal Establishment Clause, and the Oklahoma Charter Schools Act
State v. Carr
Affirmed death sentence and upheld constitutionality of the state's capital punishment scheme
State v. Carr
Upheld death sentence as not violating right to life and jury trial rights under state constitution
International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 50 v. The City of Peoria
Held a local ordinance exceeded the city's home rule authority when it defined terms in a state law inconsistently with how the state supreme court had previously construed those terms
M.S.S. v. J.E.B.
Dissent would have held that substantive due process requires a hearing on the termination of parental rights before a court can order a non-consensual adoption
Awad v. State
Ruled that the right against self-incrimination prohibits the admission into evidence of a defendant's refusal to urinate into a collection container
State v. Katz
Held that a law criminalizing the non-consensual distribution of an 'intimate image' does not violate speech protections
Adams v. DeWine
Invalidated congressional district map as violating the state constitution's redistricting provisions
Shefa v. Ellison
Held that a law requiring unanimous votes by the Board of Pardons did not violate constitutional provisions related to pardons or separation of powers
State v. Peoples
Held the warrantless search of the home of a person on probation did not violate the right to privacy or prohibition on unreasonable searches
State v. Wright
Held that arrest for a suspected traffic violation by a volunteer officer not authorized to make such an arrest violated the prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures