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 February 2025.
Featured Cases
LeMieux v. Evers
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will address the scope of Gov. Tony Evers’s state constitutional authority to approve spending bills passed by the legislature only “in part,” by line-item vetoing other parts.
People v. Taylor; People v. Czarnecki
Michigan Supreme Court held that mandatory life-without-parole sentences violate the state constitution’s protection against “cruel or unusual” punishment for anyone under age 21 at the time of the offense. The decision extends the court’s 2022 ruling in People v. Parks that such sentences are unconstitutional for those 18 or under.
N'Da v. Hybl
Nebraska Supreme Court held that statutory requirement that applicant seeking certificate to provide nonemergency medical transport must show the proposed service is required by "public convenience and necessity" does not facially violate state constitutional due process or bans on "special laws" or laws granting "special privileges and immunities." Also held that that the Nebraska Constitution's due process and equal protection clauses are coextensive with their federal equivalents, so federal rational basis review applies to substantive due process challenges to economic regulations, not the heightened standard the court had applied in a line of cases from the early 20th century.
State v. White
Ruled erroneous prosecutorial comments during trial violated state constitution’s due process and right against self-incrimination provisions
State v. Diaz-Tomas
Ruled district attorney cannot be compelled by defendant or court to reinstate charges without infringing on their exclusive constitutional and statutory authority and discretion to prosecute
State v. Allen
Ruled counsel’s failure to present mitigating evidence and apprise court of duty to depart from mandatory life sentence violated defendant's right to effective assistance of counsel
State ex rel. West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission v. Cuomo
Ruled school activities commission’s rule barring transferred student from competing in school sports for a year did not violate equal protection principles
State v. Lancaster
Ruled police failure to inform defendant of cause of arrest in violation of statutory notice requirements did not violate constitution’s protection against unreasonable seizure
Lancaster County Board of Equalization v. Moser
Ruled that no constitutional principles of uniform and proportionate taxation require that an isolated error in the subclassification of one taxpayer's property must be replicated through the equalization process
State ex rel. Maras v. LaRose
Ruled statute governing appointment of election observers by any political party or group of 5 or more candidates does not violate equal protection clause
State v. Sallis
Ruled traffic stop based on police recollection of defendant’s driver license status from a prior stop was constitutional
AFSCME v. State
Ruled that statute converting state employees to at-will did not infringe on constitutional contract rights or right to bargain collectively
Villafana v. State
Ruled that defendant’s consecutive sentences upon conviction for sexually abusing a child on multiple occasions did not constitute cruel or unusual punishment
