Commerce Funding Corporation v. Worldwide Security Services Corporation v. Southern Financial Bank, and Bank of Asheville

OPINION

GREGORY, Circuit Judge:

Worldwide Security Services Corporation (“Worldwide”) appeals from a grant of summary judgment on each of two cross-claims it asserted against Southern Financial Bank (“Southern”) for tortious interference with contractual relations and tortious interference with prospective economic advantage in an interpleader action to determine the entitlement to the proceeds of certain government contracts. As for the contractual relations claim, the district court ruled that Southern’s interference was justified or privileged because Southern acted for the purpose of…