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. Beaver
Upheld law providing parents public funds to use on private education as not violating the constitution's commitment to public education
State v. Colgrove
Upheld statute barring defendant who pleads guilty or no contest from appealing the conviction judgment entered by the trial court because it does not affect court’s adjudicative functions
Black v. Bureau of Parks & Lands
Ruled Bureau of Parks and Lands can lease land to utility transmission lines without engaging in a public administrative process under constitution’s public-lands provision
State v. Qinxuan Pan
Ruled defendant in bail modification hearing was not constitutionally entitled to affordable bail and extremely high bond amount was reasonable under the circumstances
State v. Moeser
Ruled officer’s signing of affidavit for a warrant while not under oath satisfied constitution's oath or affirmation requirement which does not require a specific procedure for the administration of the oath
Matthews v. The Industrial Commission of Arizona
Ruled statute limiting workers’ compensation claims for mental illnesses to those arising from unusual or extraordinary situations does not violate workers' compensation and equal protection clauses
Ammons v. State
Ruled that the constitution protects the right to refuse to perform breath and sobriety tests, and evidence of refusals cannot be used at trial
Knolmayer v. McCollum
Ruled statute’s different treatment of medical malpractice claimants based on existence and type of collateral source compensation to limit recovery of tort damages violates equal protection clause
State v. Aktiengesellschaft
Ruled no due process or due course of law violation for governor to exercise constitutional power to appoint justices to substitute for recused justices in case brought by attorney general
Delgado v. State
Upheld statute creating commission to recommend increases to official salaries as a valid assignment of powers by legislature, satisfying requirements to fix “by law” legislative compensation and separation of powers
