Legal Opinion
Mary ROGERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 28, 1986No. 84-2692PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of defendant General Electric Company in a sex discrimination suit filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. The district court, in granting General Electric's motion for summary judgment, held that the plaintiff Mary Rogers had knowingly and voluntarily signed a release waiving Rogers’ Title VII claims against General Electric. This Court affirms the judgment of the district court.
I. BACKGROUND
On June 15, 1978, General Electric entered into a conciliation agreement with the Equal…
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