Rogers v. Lodge, 458 U.S. 613 (1982), was an opinion of the United States Supreme Court which held an at-large election system for large rural county with large black population to be violative of equal protection clause.An opinion by White, J., joined by Burger, Ch. J., and Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, and O'Connor, JJ.Powell dissent, joined by Rehnquist, J.Stevens dissented.Burke County, Ga., a large, predominantly rural county, has an at-large system for electing members of its governing Board of Commissioners. No black person had ever been elected to the Board.