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
League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature (LWV 1)
Utah Supreme Court dismissed legislators' appeal from trial court ruling that struck the state's congressional map. Lower court said law the map was enacted under violated a fundamental right of voters to alter or reform their government — recognized by the Utah high court earlier in the case — by repealing a redistricting-reform initiative, and subsequently adopted plaintiffs' proposed alternative map
Commonwealth v. Council for Better Education; LaFontaine v. Council for Better Education
Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a law providing for charter schools funds education outside the “system of common schools,” in violation of clauses requiring the legislature to establish such a system and voters to approve such funding
McDougle v. Nardo
Virginia Supreme Court permitted legislature's proposed amendment to redraw the state’s congressional map to proceed to a vote, while it considers appeal of trial court decision finding the legislative process unconstitutional
Rivera v. Schwab
Rejected partisan gerrymandering claims. Dissent would have held that congressional maps were an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under state's equal protection guarantees and that claims of partisan gerrymandering were justiciable.
In re Annessa J.
Ruled termination of parental rights trial conducted virtually did not violate constitution’s provisions for open courts and legislative power over lower courts
State v. Sum
Held that a person's race and ethnicity are relevant to determining if they would have felt free to leave a law enforcement encounter
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
