161172P.pdf   08/15/2018  Kaye Melin  v.  Ashley Sveen
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-1172
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Benton and Shepherd, Circuit Judges, and 
   Ebinger, District Judge] 
   Civil case - Insurance. On remand from the Supreme Court of the United 
   States. Sveen v. Merlin, 138 S.Ct. 1815 (2018). In light of the Supreme 
   Court's decision in Sveen, this court affirms the district court's grant 
   of summary judgment awarding the policy proceeds to the deceased's 
   children. 
  
161172P.pdf   04/03/2017  Kaye Melin  v.  Ashley Sveen
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-1172
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Shepherd, Circuit Judge, and Ebinger, 
   District Judge] 
   Civil case - Contract Clause. Plaintiff, a contested beneficiary under a 
   policy revoked by operation of Minn. Stat. Ann. Sec. 524.2-804, had 
   standing to challenge the constitutionality of the section; this court has 
   previously held that revocation-upon-divorce statutes like this Minnesota 
   statute violate the Contract Clause - U.S. Const. art. I, Section 10, 
   clause 1 - when applied retroactively - See Whirlpool Corp. v. Ritter, 929 
   F.2d 1318 (8th Cir. 1991)- and this opinion forecloses any conclusion 
   other than this Minnesota statutory section is unconstitutional when 
   applied retroactively.