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. Calabrese
Ruled that defendant had standing to challenge a search based on a participatory interest in evidence seized on girlfriend’s property and clarified that the driveway is a protected area
State v. Davis
Ruled that use of information obtained during two warrantless police entries into enclosed porch and interior of defendant’s home violated guarantee against unreasonable searches
People v. House
Dissent would have held mandatory minimum life sentence for murder as a young adult offender does not violate state constitution's proportionate penalties clause as applied
Guns Save Life, Inc. v. Ali
Ruled county ordinances taxing retail purchase of firearms and ammunition burdened a fundamental right and violated state constitution’s uniformity clause
People v. McCavitt
Dissent wrote that post-acquittal search of defendant’s computer hard drive without a new warrant violated guarantees against unreasonable searches and seizures
State v. Hubbard
Ruled statute requiring offenders who committed offenses prior to effective date of statute to enroll in a violent offender database did not violate retroactivity clause
State v. Robison
Ruled statute requiring district courts to determine damages for criminal restitution orders violated state constitution’s jury trial right
State v. Arnett
Ruled that the criminal restitution scheme violates the right to a jury trial under the state constitution
People v. Torres
Ruled city law imposing criminal liability on drivers injuring pedestrians or bicyclists did not violate due process under state and federal constitutions nor was it preempted
Edwards v. Commonwealth
Ruled that whistleblower act’s limitation on governor’s power to remove an administrative agency chair did not violate separation of powers principles