Legal Opinion
Virginia Burgin Joseph K. Burgin v. Office of Personnel Management, and Healthplus, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 7, 1997No. 96-1289PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN and Chief Judge STAMP joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
We must determine in this case whether the United States Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) acted arbitrarily, in abuse of its discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law in affirming the denial of health insurance coverage to a federal employee. The employee claimed coverage for his wife under a health plan that HealthPlus, Inc. issued pursuant to a contract with OPM to provide insurance in accordance with the Federal…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by27 opinions
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