U.S. Supreme Court case Norris v. Alabama
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Norris v. Alabama is a landmark 1935 U.S. Supreme Court decision arising from the Scottsboro cases that held the systematic exclusion of Black citizens from juries unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| U.S. Supreme Court case Norris v. Alabama canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Equal Protection Clause case
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U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ criminal procedure case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights
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constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ |
| aroseFrom |
Scottsboro cases
NERFINISHED
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prosecution of Clarence Norris ⓘ |
| category |
United States Supreme Court cases involving the Fourteenth Amendment
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United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court ⓘ United States Supreme Court cases on equal protection ⓘ |
| citation | 294 U.S. 587 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision | Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1935-04-01 ⓘ |
| decisionType | opinion of the Court ⓘ |
| fullName | Norris v. Alabama, 294 U.S. 587 (1935) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Jim Crow era racial segregation and discrimination in the American South ⓘ |
| holding |
Evidence of long-continued, pervasive exclusion of Black citizens from juries establishes a prima facie case of discrimination
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Systematic exclusion of Black citizens from jury service violates the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ |
| impact |
became a foundational precedent for later jury discrimination cases
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strengthened constitutional protections against racially discriminatory jury selection ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | appellate ⓘ |
| juryDiscriminationFinding | Black citizens had been excluded from jury service in the county for many years ⓘ |
| laterCitedBy |
Batson v. Kentucky
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Swain v. Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
racial discrimination in jury selection
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systematic exclusion of Black citizens from juries ⓘ |
| locationOfEvents | Jackson County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opinionBy | Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 587 ⓘ |
| partyRaceIssue | Black defendant ⓘ |
| petitioner | Clarence Norris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proceduralPosture | review of criminal conviction ⓘ |
| recognizedRight |
right of Black citizens not to be excluded from juries on account of race
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right of criminal defendants to a jury selected without racial discrimination ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Patterson v. Alabama
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Powell v. Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottsboro Boys cases NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| remedy |
case remanded for further proceedings consistent with the opinion
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conviction reversed ⓘ |
| respondent | State of Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardOfProof | prima facie case of discrimination can be shown by statistical and historical evidence ⓘ |
| stateInvolved | Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic |
jury selection
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racial discrimination ⓘ |
| volumeOfUnitedStatesReports | 294 ⓘ |
| vote | unanimous decision ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1935 ⓘ |
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