Legal Citation: 458 U.S. 613 (1982)

Appellants
Quentin Rogers, et al.

Appellees
Herman Lodge, et al.

Appellants' Claim
That Burke County's election system for county commissioners violated the rights of African American citizens by watering down their voting power.

Chief Lawyer for Appellants
E. Freeman Leverett

Chief Lawyer for Appellees
David F. Walbert

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger, Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O'Connor, Byron R. White (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting
Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
1 July 1982

Decision
Upheld the lower court's ruling that Burke County's election system was discriminatory against...