Lynch, Inc. v. Samatamason Inc.

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• holding that state law governs interpretation of EEOC settlement agreements
• finding that despite the District Court’s explicit desire to retain jurisdiction over the settlement, because the District Court dismissed the case with prejudice, it had no jurisdiction over the settlement
• noting that after dismissal of lawsuit based upon settlement agreement “the court had no jurisdiction to do anything further” such that any further efforts to enforce settlement agreement would require separate lawsuit “under the law of contracts”
• dictating the terms of a settlement agreement to make sure that the parties agree is a “solid, indeed an unimpeachable, basis for [] finding [] that the case had indeed been settled”
• judge may rely on recollections to find 5 enforceable agreement when agreement is not on record
• absent diversity of citizenship, a suit to enforce a settlement agreement would have to be brought as an action for breach of contract in state court

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