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182821P.pdf   09/03/2019  Sharon Engle  v.  Land O'Lakes, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  18-2821
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Joplin   
   [PUBLISHED] [Arnold, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Kelly, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Civil case - ERISA. It was reasonable for the plan administrator to 
   interpret the word "spouse" in the plan to include domestic partners and 
   to pay the death benefits to the covered person's domestic partner.