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METROPOLITAN LIFE INS. CO. v. ZALDIVAR

No. 04-2469.

413 F.3d 119 (2005)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Beverly A. ZALDIVAR, Defendant, Appellee, and Sandra L. Zaldivar, Daniel C.E. Zaldivar, and Thomas A. Zaldivar, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 27, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean J. Cleary, for appellee.

Mark J. Albano, with whom Dalsey, Ferrara & Albano was on the brief, for appellants.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, BALDOCK, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

BALDOCK, Senior Circuit Judge.

The sole issue before us on appeal is whether the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Act (FEGLIA), 5 U.S.C. §§ 8701-8716, preempts a state law claim for the imposition of a constructive trust upon the proceeds of a federal group life insurance policy. We hold that it does.

The facts are not in dispute. Decedent Albert Zaldivar was an employee of the United States Postal...

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