U . S . ▁college ▁baseball ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Col lege ▁Baseball ▁All - America ▁Teams ▁All - America <0x0A> </s> ▁Rog ers ▁v . ▁L odge , ▁ 4 5 8 ▁U . S . ▁ 6 1 3 ▁( 1 9 8 2 ), ▁was ▁a ▁United ▁States ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁case ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁Court ▁held ▁that ▁an ▁at - large ▁election ▁system ▁for ▁a ▁large ▁rural ▁county ▁with ▁a ▁large ▁black ▁population ▁viol ated ▁the ▁Equ al ▁Prote ction ▁Cla use . ▁ ▁Background ▁Bur ke ▁County , ▁Ga ., ▁a ▁large , ▁pre domin antly ▁rural ▁county , ▁had ▁an ▁at - large ▁system ▁for ▁elect ing ▁members ▁of ▁its ▁gover ning ▁Board ▁of ▁Commission ers . ▁No ▁black ▁person ▁had ▁ever ▁been ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁Board . ▁E ight ▁black ▁citizens ▁of ▁Bur ke ▁County , ▁Georgia , ▁brought ▁a ▁class ▁action ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁District ▁Court ▁for ▁the ▁Southern ▁District ▁of ▁Georgia , ▁alleg ing ▁that ▁the ▁county ' s ▁system ▁of ▁at - large ▁election ▁of ▁the ▁five ▁county ▁commission ers ▁viol ated ▁the ▁constitution al ▁and ▁stat ut ory ▁rights ▁of ▁the ▁county ' s ▁black ▁citizens ▁( inter ▁al ia , ▁pla int iffs ' ▁Four teenth ▁and ▁Fif teenth ▁Am end ment ▁rights ) ▁by ▁dil uting ▁their ▁voting ▁power . ▁ ▁Pro ced ural ▁history ▁ ▁District ▁court ▁The ▁District ▁Court ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁at - large ▁system ▁was ▁being ▁maintained ▁for ▁disc rimin atory ▁purposes , ▁and ▁it