EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC. OF U.S. v. CRYSLER

No. 94-4024.

66 F.3d 944 (1995)

EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF the UNITED STATES, Interpleader Plaintiff, v. Nancy W. CRYSLER, Defendant-Appellee, Phyllis A. Crysler, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Holiman, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellant.

John Shamburger, Little Rock, AR, argued, for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, MAGILL, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

This is an interpleader action to determine who is entitled to the proceeds of a life insurance policy governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. The decedent's widow claims as his last designated beneficiary under the policy, while his former wife claims under a divorce decree that allegedly prohibited beneficiary changes. The district court granted summary judgment to...

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