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
League of Women Voters of South Carolina v. Alexander
South Carolina Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering claims are nonjusticiable political questions, which state courts cannot review, under the state constitution.
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.
Black Voters Matter v. Byrd
Florida Supreme Court upheld the state's 2022 congressional map against voting rights groups' challenge that it diminishes Black voters' ability to elect candidates of their choice in violation of a 2010 amendment, finding the plaintiffs had not proven the possibility of drawing a remedial map that complies with the federal equal protection clause.
Bauserman v. Unemployment Insurance Agency
Ruled money damages available for constitutional tort claims unless enforcement of relevant constitutional right is delegated to another branch of government
State v. Graham
Ruled constitution’s guarantee of victims’ right to be heard at sentencing does not authorize police testimony on behalf of victims as relevant victim impact evidence
Kirk v. State
Concurred to deny post-conviction relief petition as meritless but restricting defendant's future filings in forma pauperis violated constitutional right to access to courts
In re State
Dissent wrote that statute requiring governor to submit report to Executive Council did not violate governor’s authority or separation of powers
Commonwealth v. Jones-Williams
Dissent would have held that there is a reasonable expectation of privacy in medical records, one that protects those records from warrantless governmental inspection.
Khalil v. Williams
Concurrence would have overturned precedent barring post-settlement legal malpractice suits absent fraud as inconsistent with open court remedies clause provision of constitution
Neiman v. LaRose
Ruled Ohio Redistricting Commission plan violates Ohio Constitution as it unduly favors Republican Party and unduly disfavors Democratic Party and is therefore invalid
Texas Department of State Health Services v. Crown Distributing LLC
Ruled that constitution's due-course clause does not protect companies’ asserted interest in manufacturing or processing smokable hemp products
State v. Soto
Ruled that potential statements made by court personnel to jurors in an elevator constituted improper contact violating defendant's right to an impartial jury
State v. Hassan
Holding that a mandatory sentence of life without parole is not unconstitutionally cruel when imposed on a 21-year-old defendant who has been convicted of first-degree premeditated murder
