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METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. WHEATON

No. 94-1362.

42 F.3d 1080 (1994)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Rose Marie WHEATON, Defendant-Appellant, and Douglas Wheaton and Daniel Wheaton, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Fleming (argued), Raasch, Fleming & Reidenbach, Milwaukee, WI, for defendant-appellant.

Joseph J. Welcenbach (argued), Welcenbach & Widmann, Richard W. Double, Double & Double, Milwaukee, WI, for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, MANION, Circuit Judge, and ASPEN, District Judge.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

This appeal presents questions of statutory interpretation in the context of a divorce decree that seeks to regulate the distribution of benefits under an ERISA welfare (as distinct from pension) plan. Frank Wheaton was a participant in the General Electric Employee Welfare Plan. One of the benefits provided by the plan was group life insurance. Wheaton and his wife divorced, and a stipulation incorporated in the divorce decree required both parties...

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