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 June 2025.
Featured Cases
Johnson v. Wyoming
Wyoming Supreme Court struck down the state's abortion and medication abortion bans for violating a 2012 amendment that granted adults the right to make their own health care decisions
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
Jackson v. Florida
Florida Supreme Court upheld a 2023 law that permits eligible defendants to be sentenced to death on the recommendation of only 8 of 12 jurors
State v. Meredith
Ruled that, as applied, statute authorizing particular fare enforcement method in barrier-free transit system violated constitutional right to privacy
State v. Isaak
Ruled that abatement ab initio of conviction due to defendant’s death while appeal was pending conflicts with constitution’s victims’ rights provisions
Wrigley v. Romanick
Ruled that state constitution provides a fundamental right to receive life and health preserving abortions
State v. Hewitt
Held that Miranda warnings are required by state constitution when probable cause to arrest has developed
State v. SASS Group
Held that, under sovereign immunity constitutional amendment, a lawsuit must be dismissed if it names defendants other than the state or local governments specifically authorized by that provision
State ex rel. Ware v. Parikh
Dissent would have ruled that right to access public records is a substantive right that the court lacks authority to abridge through its constitutional rulemaking power
Ohana v. Univiversity of Hawai'i
Held that government has affirmative duty during rulemaking to enforce constitution’s Native Hawaiian traditional and customary rights provision
State v. Smart
Ruled that circumstances giving rising to probable cause were not unforeseeable and spontaneous, thus police did not meet the automobile exception to justify a warrantless search of a car
Barron v. Kolenda
Ruled town’s public comment policy requiring remarks be respectful and courteous at town meetings was unconstitutional and violated right to assembly and right to free speech
Wilson v. City of St. Louis
Ruled that provisions of a state parking statute creating duties for municipal officers violated the constitutional prohibition against certain laws affecting charter cities
