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 October 2025.
Featured Cases
Equal Ground Education Fund v. Byrd; Vaccari v. Byrd; Common Cause v. DeSantis
Florida Supreme Court denied petition seeking to halt use of the state's new congressional map while consolidated challenges to the map under the state's Fair Districts Amendment proceed. An appellate court is reviewing a trial court's denial of a temporary injunction
NAACP v. Tennessee
Tennessee lower court dismissed challenge to the state's mid-decade congressional redistricting, which claimed the legislature did not have authority to alter state laws to allow the redistrictring because those alterations were not specifically included in the governor's proclamation calling the session
McDougle v. Scott
Virginia Supreme Court, in a split decision, nullified a constitutional amendment approved by voters that would have allowed the state's congressional districts to be redrawn, finding the legislative process used for the amendment violated the state constitution
Lawyers for Children v. New York State Office of Children
New York Court of Appeals will consider whether a state agency acted without legislative authorization when it created a new system temporarily placing children, whose parents voluntarily seek outside care, in "host homes"
Koski v. RNC
Virginia Supreme Court permitted legislature’s proposed amendment to redraw the state’s congressional map to proceed to a vote, staying trial court's temporary restraining order against officials moving forward with the election
Williams v. Board of Elections of the State of New York
New York trial court held that the state’s 11th congressional district violated a 2014 state constitutional amendment barring racial vote dilution and ordered the state’s congressional map redrawn. The U.S. Supreme Court stayed the trial court’s order pending the disposition of the appeal in the New York state courts and any petition for certiorari in the Supreme Court. The state case was subsequently dismissed on the agreement of the parties
Commonwealth v. Meta Platforms
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed denial of Meta and Instagram's motion to dismiss youth addictive design claims
In re L.E.S.
Ohio Supreme Court overturned intermediate court decision devising a “would have been married” test to assess the parentage of children born to same-sex partners who were banned from marrying pre-Obergefell v. Hodges
People v. Shaw
New York's highest court held that a warrantless arrest occurring outside a home is unlawful under search-and-seizure protections when officers' display of authority induces the arrestee to exit the home under coercion
In re: Lieutenant Governor’s Power to Vote on Final Passage of Legislation
South Dakota Supreme Court issued an advisory opinion construing two state constitutional clauses to conclude the lieutenant governor can cast a tiebreaking vote on final passage of a bill
Kendrick v. Knudsen
Montana Supreme Court reversed attorney general's determination that proposed right-of-direct-democracy initiative violates separate-vote requirement
Roundtree v. City of Page
Arizona Supreme Court holds that the constitutional right to initiate law at the local level does authorize non-legislative initiatives
Sobel v. Coleman (formerly Cameron)
Jewish women claim abortion ban, which defines human life as beginning at fertilization, violates prohibition on unintelligible laws because its application to in vitro fertilization is unclear, and religious liberties by inhibiting the Jewish duty to procreate and prioritizing Christian values
