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METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. HANSLIP

No. 90-6285.

939 F.2d 904 (1991)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard E. HANSLIP, Administrator of the Estate of Robert Louis Hanslip, deceased, Defendant-Appellant, Ardith McCool, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 16, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Toppeta (David J. Larkin, Jr., of counsel), New York City, for plaintiff-appellee.

Rex D. Brooks, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant-appellant.

Before ANDERSON, TACHA, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.

STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

The single issue presented in this declaratory judgment action is whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) preempts Okla.Stat. tit. 15, § 178 (1981). The district court held it does, and ruled that plaintiff Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Metlife) acted properly when it distributed life insurance proceeds from an ERISA plan to defendant Ardith McCool, rather than defendant Richard Hanslip, in...

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