Legal Opinion
Grooms v. Office of Personnel Management
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1998No. 96-2392PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS and Judge DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
We are presented with the question of whether the use by the Office of Personnel Management (the “OPM”) of Standard Form 2817 to allow federal employees to elect or decline life insurance coverage violated the statutory or regulatory requirements of the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act (“FEGLIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 8701 et seq. While we believe that the effect of the form’s use could have been more clearly presented by the OPM, we…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Office of Personnel Management v. RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Kathleen M. Chrobak v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Michael F. McDade v. Robert E. HamptonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Hughes v. GoodwinDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1994
3Cited by1 opinion
- Grooms v. Office Of Personnel ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998