Alliant Techsystems, Inc. v. Marks

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• noting that the Eighth Circuit has yet to endorse the application of the substantial compliance doctrine adopted in other circuits for settling disputes between competing beneficiaries in life insurance disbursement cases
• the district court should give judicial deference toward issues the administrator did decide before filing its interpleader action
• “Because the district court did not decide the merits of these claims, which are heavily fact-based, we decline to consider them in the first instance.”

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