Karl Rove & Company v. Richard Thornburgh, Richard Thornburgh, Cross-Appellee, and Raymond P. Dimuzio, Defendant-Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
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”), Thorn-burgh’s unincorporated principal campaign committee. He argues that the district court erred by finding that — personally and through his general agent, Murray Dickman (“Dickman”) — Thornburgh authorized,…
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