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 May 2025.
Featured Cases
League of Women Voters of South Carolina v. Alexander
South Carolina Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering claims are nonjusticiable political questions, which state courts cannot review, under the state constitution.
League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature (LWV 1)
Utah Supreme Court sent partisan gerrymandering case back to lower court to consider whether the legislature violated voters' fundamental right to "reform or alter" their government when it overturned redistricting reforms passed by initiative. Lower court found legislators violated that right and struck the current congressional map.
Black Voters Matter v. Byrd
Florida Supreme Court upheld the state's 2022 congressional map against voting rights groups' challenge that it diminishes Black voters' ability to elect candidates of their choice in violation of a 2010 amendment, finding the plaintiffs had not proven the possibility of drawing a remedial map that complies with the federal equal protection clause.
Mack v. Williams
Held that there is a private right of action for monetary relief under state search and seizure clause, and state has no qualified immunity defense in the absence of legislation
State v. Brasher
Ruled crime victims had standing to file direct appeal of restitution portion of defendant’s sentence under Ohio Constitution’s victims’ rights amendment
State v. Morris
Ruled juvenile defendant’s life sentence with parole eligibility constitutes cruel and unusual punishment when court failed to consider youth as a mitigating factor in sentencing
In re D.R.
Ruled statute violated procedural due process because it prevented juvenile court from exercising discretion to terminate juvenile sex offender registrant status into adulthood
State v. Rollinson
Dissent would have ruled trial court’s noncompliance with statutory requirements before allowing defendant to waive his right to trial by jury violated right to a jury trial
Commonwealth ex rel. Cameron v. Johnson
Ruled statute providing tax credits for contributions to educational nonprofit organizations violated constitution's education clause
Cavanaugh v. Commonwealth
Ruled constitutional right of crime victims to be present at trial prevails over conflicting rule mandating separation of witnesses
State v. Haynes
Ruled defendant had constitutional right to know upon request and without exception the nature and cause of the accusation
Woo v. El Paso County Sheriff's Office
Ruled statutory bar on prisoner’s suit to reclaim lawfully seized property did not violate procedural due process rights because post-sentence remedy is available in criminal case to recover property
Washington State Council of County & City Employees v. City of Spokane
Ruled municipal ordinance requiring collective bargaining between the city and union representatives be open to the public conflicted with state law