Legal Opinion
Rogers v. Lodge
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 4, 1982No. 80-2100PublishedCited by 449 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
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 to the 1980 census, Burke County had a total population of 19,349, of whom 10,385, or 53.6%, were black.2 The average age of blacks *615living there is lower than the average age of whites and therefore whites constitute a…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Pullman-Standard v. SwintSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Milliken v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by449 opinions
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- FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of DallasSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Hunt v. CromartieSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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