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
Access Independent Health Services v. Wrigley
North Dakota Supreme Court upheld state's abortion ban despite three of five justices concluding a health-risk exception was unconstitutionally vague, because the state constitution requires four justices to declare legislation unconstitutional
Clarke v. Town of Newburgh
New York Court of Appeals held local government could not assert state or federal equal protection challenge to the vote dilution provision of the state's Voting Rights Act
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, adopting an alternative proposed by the plaintiffs
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
State v. Yerkey
Ruled victim’s lost wages due to trial attendance were not compensable as restitution under Ohio Constitution’s victims’ rights amendment
