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 2025.
Featured Cases
McDougle v. Scott
Virginia Supreme Court, in a split decision, nullified a constitutional amendment approved by voters that would have redrawn the state's congressional districts, 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
Long v. Commonwealth
The Kentucky Supreme Court held that the Kentucky Constitution does not bar claims for purely declaratory relief or claims for refends of funds never due to the state
Krug v. New Jersey State Parole Board
The New Jersey Supreme Court held that the retroactive application of a 1997 amendment to the Parole Act did not violate the ex post facto clauses of the state and U.S. constitutions
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
State v. Andrus
The Utah Supreme Court held that a state law enforcment agency may use records lawfully obtained by federal law enforcement without violating the state's constitution or being subject to the state's Electronic Information or Data Privacy Act (EIDPA)
Smith v. Fontes
The Arizona Supreme Court held an election statute requiring the Secretary of State to double count some invalid signatures violated the U.S. and state constitutions because it effectively raised the 15% signature threshold for proposing a constitutional amendment via initiative to 15.2%
State v. Alford
The Montana Supreme Court held that the mandatory minimum custodial sentence for felony DUIs was not facially unconstitutional under the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause in the state's constitution
Rutledge v. Clearway Energy Group LLC
Delaware Supreme Court upheld corporate law changes that retroactively alter the standard of review and relief the Chancery Court may award for certain transactions involving controlling shareholders
Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund v. Stitt
Oklahoma Supreme Court held that a law providing that directors of a trust overseeing allocation of state funds may be removed at will violated a constitutional amendment providing the directors shall serve a specific term
Montanans Against Irresponsible Densification v. State
Montana Supreme Court upheld housing reform laws against equal protection and right of public participation claims
Texas General Land Office v. SaveRGV; Cameron County v. SaveRGV; Paxton v. SaveRGV
Texas Supreme Court will consider whether statutes relied on by officials to close a public beach for SpaceX flight violate an amendment providing citizens with an "unrestricted right" to use public beaches
