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ALLEN v. WESTERN CONFERENCE OF TEAMSTERS PENSION

No. 85-1760.

788 F.2d 648 (1986)

Yvonne M. ALLEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WESTERN CONFERENCE OF TEAMSTERS PENSION TRUST FUND, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 29, 1986.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing June 26, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory C. Cattermole, Redwood City, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert A. Gordon, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Before MERRILL, SNEED and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.

The issue we address in this appeal is whether appellee, who is a putative spouse under California law, is entitled to collect benefits pursuant to an ERISA-covered pension plan that limits the class of beneficiaries to actual spouses.

Facts

This is a sad case. Appellee, Yvonne Allen (at the time Yvonne Guillory), met Richard O. Allen in early 1979. The couple established a close relationship, but they were not married right...

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