[2] On June 3, 2010, Judge Rogers (joined by Judge Siler) interpreted a union contract agreement between Detroit Diesel Corporation (owned by Daimler AG) and UAW Local 163 as altering the terms of DDC's obligations to its retirees.

[3] On March 17, 2006, Judge Rogers dissented from a decision of a Sixth Circuit majority panel in Brentwood Academy v. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, 442 F.3d 410 (6th Cir.

The U.S. Supreme Court subsequently granted a writ of certiorari to the Sixth Circuit in the same case and took the same position as Judge Rogers on the First Amendment issue.

[4] Judge Rogers authored a notable majority opinion in ACLU v. Bredesen, 441 F.3d 370 (6th Cir.

Such license plates, as a result, do not create a "forum" for speech that is subject to First Amendment viewpoint-neutrality requirements.

The First Amendment, the opinion reasoned, does not require state governments to issue contradictory messages to remain viewpoint neutral.

In the years following Bredesen, every other circuit court to address the issue disagreed with its interpretation of the First Amendment.

The U.S. Supreme Court subsequently granted certiorari and reversed the Fifth Circuit's decision in Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans.