Metropolitan Life Insurance v. McShan

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• \In both Wissner and Ridgway the existence of an anti-attachment provision was an independent basis upon which the Supreme Court found preemption.\
• mere fact that FEGLI contains no attachment provision under which policy proceeds are protected from attachment, levy or seizure does not compel conclusion that a constructive trust may be imposed
• FEGLI Act preempted state court divorce decree requiring insured to maintain children as beneficiaries
• “federal regulations have no less preemptive effect than federal statutes”

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