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
Ex parte Warren Averett Cos.
Dissent would have ruled that contractual jury-waiver provisions should be construed narrowly to safeguard constitutional right to jury trials
Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration v. 2600 Holdings, LLC
Ruled sovereign immunity defense does not bar courts from issuing mandamus orders, but bars declaratory relief claim of medical marijuana applicant for not pleading unconstitutional or illegal state action
In re Flores (Anthony) on H.C.
Dissent would have granted review and found parole determinations without in-person hearings may not comport with constitutional guarantee of due process
State v. Sheffield
Concurrence wrote that trial court’s failure to swear in a dismissed and subsequently recalled alternate juror deprived defendant of the right to trial by a jury of twelve
Koussa v. Attorney General
Ruled initiative petitions related to the relationship between companies and app-based drivers and tort liability to third parties violated related subjects requirement
Colpack v. Attorney General
Ruled initiative petition affecting licensing of retail alcohol sales for off-premises consumption and expanding measures against underage purchases complied with related subjects requirement
State v. Riley
Concurrence wrote that state constitution affords greater protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, and the constitution requires more than a routine traffic stop to conduct a dog sniff search
Frazier v. Rhodenizer
Held that nearly six-year delay between driver’s license revocation hearing and issuing final revocation order violated respondent’s due process rights
Fire Protection Service v. Survitec Survival Products
Held that applying to a preexisting contract a statute prohibiting suppliers from terminating dealer agreements without good cause is not unconstitutionally retroactive
Holcomb v. Bray
Ruled that a law authorizing the legislature to call an emergency session through a simple resolution violated constitution’s fixed-by-law requirement as well as the distribution of powers mandate
