KARL ROVE & CO. v. THORNBURGH

No. 93-8451.

39 F.3d 1273 (1994)

KARL ROVE & COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Richard THORNBURGH, et al., Defendants, Richard Thornburgh, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, and Raymond P. Dimuzio, Defendant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Winton, Lindsay Lee Lambert, Baker & Hostetler, Houston, TX, for Dimuzio.

Roger M. Adelman, Leslie A. Leatherwood, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Washington, DC, for Thornburgh.

Kenneth W. Starr, Christopher Landau, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae: Republican Nat. Committee.

G. Michael Lawrence, Preston Randall, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, P.C., Austin, TX, for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before SMITH, WIENER and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from a diversity jurisdiction suit on a contractual debt. Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee Richard Thornburgh ("Thornburgh") asks us to reverse the district court's judgment holding him personally liable for a contractual obligation incurred during his campaign for the U.S. Senate by the "Thornburgh for Senate Committee" (the "Committee"), Thornburgh's unincorporated principal campaign committee. He argues that the district...

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