Clifford Irene Huff v. Director, United States Office of Personnel Management Ethel R. Leecan. Ethel R. Leecan

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Ethel R. Leecan (“Mrs. Lee-can”), appeals a declaratory judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in favor of appellee, Clifford Irene Huff (“Mrs. Huff’). This district court’s judgment declared that Mrs. Huff was the legal spouse of William N. Leecan (“Mr. Leecan” or “the decedent”) at the time of his death. Both women claimed entitlement to decedent’s federal employee survivor benefits as his surviving spouse. This case arose when the Director of the United States Office of Personnel…