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 March 2025.
Featured Cases
Kaul v. Urmanski
Wisconsin Supreme Court held that an 1849 law, which a local prosecutor had claimed was a near-total abortion ban, is impliedly repealed as to abortion by subsequent legislation and does not ban the procedure in the state.
Contoocook Valley School District v. New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Supreme Court affirmed the state's existing education funding law is constitutionally inadequate and $7,356.01 per pupil as a minimum constitutional guidepost for the legislature, but reversed the trial court's injunction directing the state immediately to pay that amount because the court failed to give adequate weight to separation of powers concerns.
Republican National Committee v. Eternal Vigilance Action, Inc; Georgia v. Eternal Vigilance Action
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled invalid under state nondelegation principles four of seven rules passed by the Georgia State Election board, while upholding one rule. The court did not decide the validity of two other rules, holding that the plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the provisions.
Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice v. Drummond
Held that statute requiring a life-threatening medical emergency to perform an abortion violates due process and inherent right to life and liberty
State v. Meredith
Ruled that, as applied, statute authorizing particular fare enforcement method in barrier-free transit system violated constitutional right to privacy
State v. Isaak
Ruled that abatement ab initio of conviction due to defendant’s death while appeal was pending conflicts with constitution’s victims’ rights provisions
Wrigley v. Romanick
Ruled that state constitution provides a fundamental right to receive life and health preserving abortions
Boan v. Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission
Ruled that constitutional residency requirement for state court judges attaches at the time of appointment, not at the time of nomination
State v. Hewitt
Held that Miranda warnings are required by state constitution when probable cause to arrest has developed
State v. SASS Group
Held that, under sovereign immunity constitutional amendment, a lawsuit must be dismissed if it names defendants other than the state or local governments specifically authorized by that provision
State ex rel. Ware v. Parikh
Dissent would have ruled that right to access public records is a substantive right that the court lacks authority to abridge through its constitutional rulemaking power
Ohana v. Univiversity of Hawai'i
Held that government has affirmative duty during rulemaking to enforce constitution’s Native Hawaiian traditional and customary rights provision
State v. Smart
Ruled that circumstances giving rising to probable cause were not unforeseeable and spontaneous, thus police did not meet the automobile exception to justify a warrantless search of a car
