Louis E. FULGENCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J. RAY McDERMOTT & CO., Et Al., Defendants-Appellees

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• state law does not provide rule of decision governing Title VII settlement agreement
• A party who “changes his mind when presented with the settlement documents . . . remains bound by the terms of the agreement” if the parties agreed to all material terms.
• federal law controls the validity of settlement of Title YII actions
• Title VII includes a congressionally mandated policy of encouraging settlement
• applying federal law to settlement of a Title VII claim
• involving a Title YII claim

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