British Caledonian Airways Limited v. First State Bank of Bedford, Texas

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• holding that, under Texas law, a bank's negligence or failure to follow reasonable commercial practices did not constitute lack of good faith
• stating that the movant’s motion for summary judgment “opened the door to allow the district court to grant summary judgment for [the nonmovant] sua sponte”
• payable to “Mary Tull Charter Services,” and indorsed “Mary. Toll Charter Services;” “discrepancy in spelling the payee’s name . . . is a minor one”
• test for good faith is actual belief of the party in question, not the reasonableness of that belief
• “[Movant’s] own motion for summary judgment opened the door to allow the district court to grant summary judgment for Bedford Bank sua sponte .... ”

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