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 August 2024.
Featured Cases
Genser v. Butler County Board of Elections
Held citizens whose mail-in ballots were disqualified for a failure to return them in the required secrecy envelope have a right to cast a provisional ballot and have it count.
Cincinnati Enquirer v. Bloom
Found the blanket sealing of a juvenile’s delinquency records when the juvenile is found not delinquent — the juvenile equivalent of not guilty — unconstitutional because there was no determination that the harm to the juvenile outweighed the public’s right to access court records
Gonzalez v. Miller
Unanimously affirmed the denial of a district attorney’s effort to dismiss a state Open Records Act request relating to her office’s “failure . . . to effectively prosecute criminal cases, and an open disregard for the laws of the State of Georgia"
Commonwealth v. Edwards
Held that racial discrimination in jury selection does not always constitute prosecutorial misconduct requiring dismissal under the constitution's double jeopardy protections
People v. Moon
Held that the right to a jury trial requires that the jury be sworn to try the case
Kellogg v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
Ruled that a retroactive law permitting new civil claims by family members did not violate the contracts or due process rights of a tortfeasor that had no affected vested right
Moore v. Stirling
Held that though habeas review is limited to constitutional issues, this includes alleged violations of a statute mandating sentence proportionality review because violations would implicate due process rights
All Star Awards & Ad Specialties, Inc. v. HALO Branded Solutions
Held that a statutory damages cap did not violate the right to a jury trial because the relevant claims would not have been tried by a jury in 1820 when the constitutional right was adopted
Westlawn Cemeteries, LLC v. The Louisiana Cemetery Board
Held that a rule governing cemetery trusts exceeded the promulgating agency's authority, violating the constitution's separation of powers provision
Mellor v. The Parish of Jefferson
Held that a local traffic ordinance tasking school boards with enforcement violated home rule provisions which prohibit local legislative bodies from affecting school boards
Boyd v. State
Held that the state's education funding and property taxation system did not violate the education, proportional contribution, or common benefits clauses of the constitution
Hawkins v. Ivey
Ruled statutes affording governor’s discretion to opt out of federally enhanced unemployment benefits programs did not create exception to state immunity under constitution
Thourtman v. Junior
Held that, despite right to pretrial release, a court may detain a defendant without setting release conditions to first conduct a hearing to determine the defendant's eligibility for release
