This report card focuses on public access to the highest court in each state, in three areas that are central to the work of appellate courts:  opinions, oral arguments, and briefs (and other case filings).  Grading standards are described generally in the Grading Legend and then applied in the detailed state-by-state table.  This section summarizes the overall grading results, then discusses each of the three key areas:

• No top state courts received a failing grade.
• 6 states received some variety of A. Mississippi, Montana, New York, Ohio, and Wisconsin scored highest, each receiving an A. North Dakota received an A-.
• 18 states received some variety of B. That includes 10 states (Delaware, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oregon, Texas, and Wyoming) that received a B+.
• 22 states received some variety of C.
• 4 states received some variety of D, with Alabama lowest (at D-) and Rhode Island next-to-last (at D).

The full report can be found here.