▁ordered ▁that ▁the ▁county ▁be ▁divided ▁into ▁five ▁districts ▁for ▁the ▁purpose ▁of ▁elect ing ▁county ▁commission ers . ▁ ▁F inding ▁that ▁black s ▁have ▁always ▁made ▁up ▁a ▁substantial ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁county ' s ▁population ▁but ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁a ▁minor ity ▁of ▁the ▁registered ▁vot ers , ▁that ▁there ▁had ▁been ▁b loc ▁voting ▁along ▁ra cial ▁lines , ▁and ▁that ▁past ▁disc rim ination ▁had ▁restricted ▁the ▁present ▁opportunity ▁of ▁black s ▁to ▁particip ate ▁effectively ▁in ▁the ▁political ▁process , ▁the ▁District ▁Court ▁held ▁that ▁although ▁the ▁state ▁policy ▁behind ▁the ▁at - large ▁elect oral ▁system ▁was ▁" neut ral ▁in ▁origin ," ▁the ▁policy ▁was ▁being ▁maintained ▁for ▁inv id ious ▁purposes ▁in ▁viol ation ▁of ▁pla int iffs ' ▁Four teenth ▁and ▁Fif teenth ▁Am end ment ▁rights . ▁ ▁The ▁court ▁then ▁ordered ▁the ▁county ▁to ▁be ▁divided ▁into ▁districts ▁for ▁purposes ▁of ▁elect ing ▁County ▁Commission ers . ▁ ▁Fif th ▁Circ uit ▁The ▁Court ▁of ▁App e als ▁aff ir med , ▁holding ▁that ▁the ▁District ▁Court ▁properly ▁required ▁app elle es ▁to ▁prove ▁that ▁the ▁at - large ▁system ▁was ▁maintained ▁for ▁a ▁disc rimin atory ▁purpose , ▁that ▁the ▁District ▁Court ' s ▁find ings ▁were ▁not ▁clearly ▁err one ous , ▁and ▁that ▁its ▁conclusion ▁that ▁the ▁at - large ▁system ▁was ▁maintained ▁for ▁inv id ious ▁purposes ▁was ▁" virt ually ▁mand ated ▁by ▁the ▁over wh el ming ▁proof ." ▁ ▁Bur ke ▁County ▁then ▁appe