Shell Oil Company v. Mills Oil Company, Inc., Citizens Bank of Byhalia, Ms., Dudley R. Moore, Jr. & John Mark Crain, D.D. Mills

CLARK, Chief Judge:

In this diversity action, Shell Oil Company and D.D. Mills appeal from the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Citizens Bank of Byhalia, Mississippi, and two of its officers, Dudley R. Moore, Jr., and J. Mark Crain. On appeal from the grant of summary judgment, Shell asserts that the bank lacked the good faith necessary for its security interest in Mills Oil Company’s inventory to prevail over Shell’s interest as an unpaid seller. We affirm.

Shell sold petroleum supplies and products to Mills Oil Company but was not paid. These supplies and products…