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
Hoke County Board of Education v. State of North Carolina
The North Carolina Supreme Court overturned its own precedent and put an end to more than 30 years of litigation involving the funding of public education in the state.
Commonwealth v. Lee
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that mandating a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, for “felony murder” — a legal doctrine that allows someone to be prosecuted for murder for any death that occurs during the commission of a separate felony, even if the defendant never meant to kill anyone — violates the Pennsylvania Constitution’s ban on “cruel” punishments
Luther v. Hoskins
The Missouri Supreme Court rejected voters' challenge to Missouri's new congressional district map, which the plaintiffs said ran afoul of state constitutional prohibitions on mid-decade redistricting. The court said the state constitution contained no express prohibition on mid-decade redistricting and that the map was a "valid exercise" of the "plenary legislative power to establish congressional districts."
Commonwealth v. Kurtz
Pennsylvania Supreme Court held, in a split decision, that there was no enforceable expectation of privacy in Google searches of a victim's name and address
McNabb v. Harrison
Tennessee Supreme Court held the state constitution requires a candidate running for municipal judge to be a resident of the same municipality to which he will be assigned, both at time of the election and for one year prior; litigation continues on remand
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
State v. Good Day Farm Arkansas
Arkansas Supreme Court held that a provision that voter-approved measures may be amended or repealed by a two-thirds vote of the legislature permits legislative changes to citizen-initiated constitutional amendments
Menzies v. Department of Corrections
Utah Supreme Court will consider challenge to the state's lethal injection and firing squad protocols as violating prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment and treating incarcerated people with unnecessary rigor
Isaacson v. Arizona
Arizona trial court struck down several restrictions on pre-viability abortion for violating 2024 amendment enshrining abortion rights
Department of Development Services for the City of North Canton v. CF Homes
Ohio Supreme Court will consider whether the state's prohibition against unreasonable searches requires officials seeking to inspect homes for regulatory reasons, not for criminal violations, to make a greater showing than what federal law requires
Degenfelder v. Wyoming Educational Association; Leck v. Wyoming Educational Association
Wyoming Supreme Court will consider the state constitutionality of the state's school-choice program; a lower court preliminarily blocked the program
EFG America v. Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona Supreme Court will consider whether trying enforcement actions brought by the state’s securities regulator in juryless administrative hearings violates an enforcement target’s right to a jury trial
Chilutti v. Uber
Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated, without reaching merits, appellate decision finding state jury trial right requires a stricter standard than federal caselaw for when online arbitration agreements are enforceable against users who lack actual knowledge of the terms, finding the appellate court lacked jurisdiction
