United States Second Circuit

Under the Equity-League Pension Plan and the Retirement Equity Act, 29 USC 1052-56, a surviving spouse must consent to designation of another beneficiary even if she was legally separated from the pension plan member.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/31/2000
• Decided 01/16/2001
• Published 01/17/2001

Judges

• JACOBS, Circuit Judge:, Before KEARSE, JACOBS and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Sara A. Corello,Spivak, Lipton, Watanabe, Spivak & Moss, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Cheryl Royce, pro se, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee., Dennis Rapps, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.