norris v. alabama, 294 u.s. 587 (1935), was one of the cases decided by the united states supreme court that arose out of the trial of the scottsboro boys.  this was a case in which nine african-american teenagers were accused of raping two white women in 1931.  the scottsboro trial jury had no african-american members.  several cases were brought to the supreme court to debate the constitutionality of all-white juries. "norris v. alabama" centered around clarence norris, one of the scottsboro boys, and his claim that the jury selection had systematically excluded black members due to racial prejudice.