No. 25-801

Thomas Schramm v. United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, aka United Steel Workers, aka USW

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-01-07
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: contract-negotiations duty-of-fair-representation individual-discharge labor-law objective-evidence union-grievance
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Arbitration ERISA LaborRelations Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the same standards for determining a breach of the duty of fair representation in contract negotiations should be imposed upon unions for individual discharge and grievance cases, and whether the duty of fair representation requires a union's decision-making to be based on objective competent evidence

Docket Entries

2026-02-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-29
Waiver of United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, aka United Steelworkers, aka USW of right to respond submitted.
2026-01-29
Waiver of right of respondent United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, aka United Steelworkers, aka USW to respond filed.
2026-01-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 6, 2026)

Attorneys

Thomas Schramm
Wendy Edwards MarcotteMarcotte Law, PLLC, Petitioner
Wendy Edwards MarcotteMarcotte Law, PLLC, Petitioner
United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, aka United Steelworkers, aka USW
Leon DayanBredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Respondent
Leon DayanBredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Respondent