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#25085-a-DG 2009 SD 53 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA * * * * METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; METROPOLITAN INSURANCE & ANNUITY COMPANY; NEW ENGLAND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; METLIFE INVESTORS USA INSURANCE COMPANY; GENERAL AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; PARAGON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; METLIFE INVESTORS INSURANCE COMPANY; METROPOLITAN PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY; METROPOLITAN GROUP PROPERTY & CASUALTY COMPANY; ECONOMY PREMIER ASSURANCE COMPANY; and METROPOLITAN DIRECT PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PAUL KINSMAN, Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Revenue and Regulation; MERLE SCHEIBER, Director of the South Dakota Division of Insurance and the STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, * * * * APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT HUGHES COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA * * * * HONORABLE KATHLEEN F. TRANDAHL Judge * * * * CONSIDERED ON BRIEFS ON MAY 26, 2009 OPINION FILED 07/01/09

Defendants and Appellees.

RONALD G. SCHMIDT of Schmidt, Schroyer, Moreno, Lee & Bachand, PC Rapid City, South Dakota

Attorneys for plaintiffs and appellants.

TIMOTHY M. GEBHART of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz and Smith, LLP Sioux Falls, South Dakota Attorneys for defendants and appellees.

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