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METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. PETTIT

Nos. 97-2244, 97-2407.

164 F.3d 857 (1998)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Betty T. PETTIT, Defendant-Appellant, v. Patricia B. Pettit, Defendant-Appellee. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Plaintiff, v. Patricia B. Pettit, Defendant-Appellant, v. Betty T. Pettit, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 31, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert Eric Greenberg, Friedlander, Misler, Friedlander, Sloan & Herz, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Brian Stuart Chilton, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Glenn W.D. Golding, Friedlander, Misler, Friedlander, Sloan & Herz, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. David G. Leitch, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Before MURNAGHAN and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and BULLOCK, Chief United States District Judge from the Middle District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge BULLOCK concurred. Judge MURNAGHAN wrote a separate concurring opinion.

OPINION

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Upon the death of one of its insured, Tom Pettit (Tom), Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) sought to pay life insurance proceeds due under an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) qualified plan. The designated beneficiary, Patricia Pettit...

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