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 2024.
Featured Cases
Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Hunt
Unanimously denied challenge to the law restoring voting rights to non-incarcerated individuals convicted of felonies, on the grounds that the plaintiffs lacked standing
Planned Parenthood v. Utah
Plaintiffs claim that abortion restrictions violate the right to determine family composition, Equal Rights Amendment, right to uniform operation of laws, right to bodily integrity and privacy, and right of conscience
Mothering Justice et al. v. Attorney General et al.
Held that the legislature's adoption and amendment of proposed ballot initiatives in the same legislative session violated the people’s right to propose and enact laws through the initiative process. Ordered that proposals raising the minimum wage and providing earned paid sick time take effect as originally adopted, not as amended.
State v. Thompson
Ruled that statute, as applied to prohibit a represented party from filing pro se supplemental briefs on appeal, does not violate separation of powers doctrine
State ex rel. Dickey v. Besler
Ruled that challenge to governor's appointment of a judge as untimely was nonjusticiable as the only other official with appointment power, the chief justice, accepted the appointment
Rozenblit v. Lyles
Ruled that agreement between school district and education association authorizing teachers to work on the association's business does not violate gift clause requiring public money is used for public purposes
State v. Halverson
Ruled that self-incrimination clause does not support per se rule treating all incarcerated individuals as "in custody"
In re Palmer
Ruled habeas relief was available to inmate whose continued incarceration had become constitutionally excessive after parole denials, but parole term remained valid after release
Convent Corp. v. City of North Little Rock
Allowed nightclub’s as-applied due process and takings challenges to proceed as to condemnation ordinance and procedures
Feldman v. Salt Lake City Corp.
Ruled that statute limiting landowners' liability for personal injury did not violate constitution's wrongful death clause
Casiano v. State
Ruled that when a defendant has completed an erroneously imposed sentence, possibility of a future sentencing enhancement is not a sufficient collateral legal consequence to permit exercise of judicial power
State v. Pittman
Ruled that state may only compel a defendant to unlock a phone if the state has a warrant, already knows the information the act of unlocking would communicate, and cannot use that act against the defendant
Butler v. Parks
Ruled assigned counsel lacked standing to assert constitutional rights of unidentified indigent defendants to a fair trial and effective assistance of counsel, and state immunity bars monetary relief