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 September 2025.
Featured Cases
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
Hoke County Board of Education v. State of North Carolina
The North Carolina Supreme Court overturned its own precedent and put an end to more than 30 years of litigation involving the funding of public education in the state
Commonwealth v. Lee
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that mandating a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, for “felony murder” — a legal doctrine that allows someone to be prosecuted for murder for any death that occurs during the commission of a separate felony, even if the defendant never meant to kill anyone — violates the Pennsylvania Constitution’s ban on “cruel” punishments
State v. Hidlebaugh
Iowa Supreme Court held that a prison sentence resulting in part from a defendant's failure to satisfy a financial obligation despite his good faith effort to do so, violated state and federal equal protection and due process
Commonwealth v. Lee
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that mandating a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, for “felony murder” — a legal doctrine that allows someone to be prosecuted for murder for any death that occurs during the commission of a separate felony, even if the defendant never meant to kill anyone — violates the Pennsylvania Constitution’s ban on “cruel” punishments
Wisconsin Voter Alliance v. Secord
Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider whether notices to election officials of a court's determination that a person is "incompetent" to vote are subject to disclosure under the state's public records law
In Re: Judge Mark B. Cohen
Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed suspension of sitting judge who posted partisan comments on social media, holding new balancing test applied to his speech
Northwest Landowners Association v. State
The North Dakota Supreme Court held, in part, that pre-condemnation survey provisions that authorize survey access to landowners' properties is not facially invalid under state takings laws because there is no protected interested in excluding limited, innocuous intrusion by pre-condemnation surveyors
Ward v. State
The Indiana Supreme Court held that post-conviction relief under the state's constitution does not apply to the method in which that sentence is carried out and is instead limited to the conviction or sentence
Maine State Chamber of Commerce v. Department of Labor
The Maine Supreme Court held that the Department of Labor rule requiring employers to pay nonrefundable premiums into the Paid Family and Medical Leave fund did not constitute a regulatory taking under the Maine and U.S. Constitutions
State v. Engroff
The Maine Supreme Court held that the admission a video-recorded forensic interview of a child victim does not violate a defendant’s confrontation rights under the Maine Constitution
State v. Jacques
The Connecticut Supreme Court held that its state constitution does not entitle a criminal defendant to a second probable cause hearing after a conviction is reversed unless there is a jurisdictional defect in the original hearing
Committee to Protect and Preserve the Idaho Constitution v. State of Idaho
Idaho Supreme Court upheld school-choice program, finding it did not violate legislature's duty to maintain a uniform system of free public schools or the public purpose doctrine
