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 October 2025.
Featured Cases
Equal Ground Education Fund v. Byrd; Vaccari v. Byrd; Common Cause v. DeSantis
Consolidated actions challenging Florida’s congressional map as violating the state's Fair Districts Amendment. The map remains in place after a trial court denied a temporary injunction
NAACP v. Tennessee
Tennessee lower court dismissed challenge to the state's mid-decade congressional redistricting, which claimed the legislature did not have authority to alter state laws to allow the redistrictring because those alterations were not specifically included in the governor's proclamation calling the session
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
In re Smart
Ruled that state constitution does not bestow a legally protected interest in obtaining a commutation hearing that would implicate procedural due process rights
Commonwealth v. Privette
Ruled that investigating officers’ knowledge giving rise to reasonable suspicion can be imputed to an acting officer so long as there was awareness of some critical facts and communication with those officers
Johnson v. State
Ruled that defendants do not have a constitutional right to hybrid representation, but that there is also no constitutional prohibition against it
State v. Pool
Ruled where the protections against unlawful searches under the federal and state constitution are coextensive, a valid waiver of rights under one constitution constitutes consent to conduct covered by both constitutions
State v. Brearcliffe
Ruled that defendant must receive notice their right to appeal may be waived if their absence prevents sentencing from occurring within ninety days after conviction
LS Power Midcontinent, LLC v. State
Permanently enjoined a law enacting a right of first refusal in competitive bidding for violating title and single-subject requirements under Iowa's Constitution and held that the injunction applies retroactively.
People v. Mayfield
Ruled that the court's administrative orders tolling the speedy-trial statute did not violate the Illinois Constitution's separation-of-powers clause.
Hanson v. Carmona
Ruled statute requiring pre-suit notice of tort claims against local government conflicted with court rules but did not violate separation of powers
Taylor v. The Devereux Foundation
Ruled that a punitive damages cap did not violate the right to a jury trial, separation of powers, or equal protection guarantees
Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice v. Drummond
Held that statute requiring a life-threatening medical emergency to perform an abortion violates due process and inherent right to life and liberty
