International Interests, L.P. v. Hardy

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

This is a diversity case in which Plaintiff-Appellee International Interests, L.P. (“Int’l Interests”), a Texas limited partnership, brought a deficiency action against Defendant-Appellant Charles F. Hardy, III (“Hardy”), an Oklahoma citizen, in federal district court to recover from Hardy the deficiency owing on a note Hardy guaranteed. Hardy appeals the district court’s holding that Ohio choice of law governs the deficiency action. He argues that although Ohio law applies to the guaranty agreement via an Ohio choice of law clause therein, Texas law applies to the…