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
Response Waived
Tags: contract-negotiations duty-of-fair-representation individual-discharge labor-law objective-evidence union-grievance
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Arbitration ERISA LaborRelations Jurisdiction
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 Marcotte — Marcotte Law, PLLC, Petitioner
Wendy Edwards Marcotte — Marcotte 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 Dayan — Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Respondent
Leon Dayan — Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Respondent