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ROGERS v. LODGE

No. 80-2100.

458 U.S. 613 (1982)

ROGERS ET AL. v. LODGE ET AL.

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided July 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Freeman Leverett argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was Preston B. Lewis.

David F. Walbert argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Robert W. Cullen, Laughlin McDonald, Christopher Coates, and Neil Bradley.*

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue in this case is whether the at-large system of elections in Burke County, Ga., violates the Fourteenth Amendment rights of Burke County's black citizens.

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Burke County is a large, predominately rural county located in eastern Georgia. Eight hundred and thirty-one square miles in area,1 it is approximately two-thirds the size of the State of Rhode Island. According...

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