Victor Mignogna v. Funimation Productions, LLC, et al. (2019) - Vic's lawsuit against Funimation, VAs, and others, for over a million dollars.

[kcbbq]

Law Twitter is insane for saying this looks bad.

I’ll admit my experience isn’t vast, but whatever major errors exist here, they aren’t glaring.

I don't know if my brain has been poisoned by reading legal documents on L&L, llc, or if this one is just easy to read. Even without any legal education it seems well done.

It's kind of nice to see filings again that don't trigger contempt and disgust in the kiwi legal minds.

 

[Francis York Morgan]

Marchi was never off the hook for appeals.

That’s why Chupp hinted she should play ball at mediation.

And she proceeded to blow that off with her usual cuntish flair. As much as it would be better financially for Vic to get Funimation/Sony, I feel like I want Jamie to get hit more than them at this point.

 

[AnOminous]

I don't know if my brain has been poisoned by reading legal documents on L&L, llc, or if this one is just easy to read. Even without any legal education it seems well done.

It's kind of nice to see filings again that don't trigger contempt and disgust in the kiwi legal minds.

It's clear, concise, easy to read and well formatted. If Vic doesn't win it won't be because of a deficient appeals brief.

 

[diskboomer]

And she proceeded to blow that off with her usual cuntish flair. As much as it would be better financially for Vic to get Funimation/Sony, I feel like I want Jamie to get hit more than them at this point.

Even just getting her back so she'd need to pay her own fees would be nectar.

 

[Nontransferable]

Random note: no mention of hanleia's fake story in the filing. Which is good, since it can be used as a distraction from the core of what the defendants did.

While I would have liked to see that in a footnote at least, the word count means there is no room for deviation from the core arguments and facts. Only what is necessary gets in.

 

[diskboomer]

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Shame they didn't add that Monica dated the guy, so would know the story was not about Vic, showing malice, and disregard for the truth.

Or that he was previously a Funimation Employee, and as such Funimation would know the story stating it was Vic was false; hence malice or a disregard for the truth.

 

[AnOminous]

Shame they didn't add that Monica dated the guy, so would know the story was not about Vic, showing malice, and disregard for the truth.

Or that he was previously a Funimation Employee, and as such Funimation would know the story stating it was Vic was false; hence malice or a disregard for the truth.

It does say "former Funimation voice actor."

 

[Harvey Danger]

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And that's why they pay @Nontransferable the big bucks ratings.

(It also explains why my word search for "hanleia" didn't turn up anything.)

 

[diskboomer]

It does say "former Funimation voice actor."

True, but they didn't make an argument for it, or infer that Monica, and Funi ignored the truth of it all. Shame.

Although it's literally nit picking what's easily their best filing yet.

 

[theworstkindofeurofag]

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Really hoping Sony gets roped in through Denbow's handling of this. Would pretty much cook monica's bacon.

The half ass investigation that ronny boy somehow knew about was pretty much nothing.

Denbow sounds just as cunty as Monica.

Though I guess you can't expect anything else from a middle aged woman working in HR.

 

[Laundui_or_douchette?]

I love that they have tied Funi, Monica and Jamie in properly this time with the employee/employer relationship.

hard to say you are an independent contractor when you are running to human services and asking for what you can and cannot post.

 

[Immortal Technique]

So defendants have 30 days to write a brief countering this? Fuck this is going to be a long ride.

Don't forget there is, most likely, going to be a request for an extension on that 30 days too.

 

[DuckzillA]

Don't forget there is, most likely, going to be a request for an extension on that 30 days too.

For sure, though it's probably to get paid over actually writing the brief.

 

[Farmer Y]

So if Vic wins any of these, do the defendants get to appeal the appeal ruling?

 

[Girlboy69]

Isn't this going to run up MoRon's bill even more? All the extensions?

 

[Girlboy69]

So if Vic wins any of these, do the defendants get to appeal the appeal ruling?

I'd have to assume CoA would just look at it like "We JUST went through this." and hurry through it.

 

[DragoonSierra]

There's a cross-appeal, so in this case, the next document filed should be entitled something like Appellee/Cross-Appellant's Response and Opening Brief. Not sure how they style that in Texas. This would include their answer to Vic's brief as well as their own opening brief on the fees. After that, the next document would be from Vic and would be Appellant/Cross-Appellee's Response (to MoRon's opening brief) and Reply (to their response).

Any replies to responses by the other appellees would come in somewhere in here. I'm not sure if they get more words for that, but without permission, they can't exceed 3,429 more. So I would anticipate, given prior conduct, that they'll throw in nonsensical curveballs and ridiculous crap in the hope of slipping in something that can't be responded to.

Whats the schedule look like going forward assuming no extensions?

 

[WhimsicalTrolli]

Doing what? Dodging his creditors

Those cpaps dont pay for themselves.

hell Chupp couldn't give good reasoning behind his rulings.

His excuse is he got angry like a boomer wanted thing to be explained.

So defendants have 30 days to write a brief countering this? Fuck this is going to be a long ride.

They might as well just settle before making a fool of themselves

do the defendants get to appeal the appeal ruling?

The question should be would they actually get anything out of appealing the appeal.

 

[TheClappening]

So if Vic wins any of these, do the defendants get to appeal the appeal ruling?

They would have to appeal to a higher court, which in this case would be SCOTX. and unlike the appeals courts, SCOTX can just say fuck off, we're not interested.

 

[AnOminous]

Whats the schedule look like going forward assuming no extensions?

Twenty days after the appellees respond and file their own opening brief, Vic has to file a reply brief. Then there are any optional sur-replies, which I'd imagine we'll see. It's entirely up to the appeals court how it goes from there. Any oral argument will be scheduled some time after the appellate record is perfected and the panel has reviewed it for some time.

Their opinion and mandate is also issued on their own schedule, some time after oral arguments. They seem to do TCPA appeals fairly quickly.

So if Vic wins any of these, do the defendants get to appeal the appeal ruling?

Yes, and vice versa.

They would have to appeal to a higher court, which in this case would be SCOTX. and unlike the appeals courts, SCOTX can just say fuck off, we're not interested.

And it usually does, upwards of 90% of the time. I think there is a somewhat higher likelihood a TCPA case catches their interest considering the problematic nature of the law and its application and the number of other cases concerning it they've heard. If the decision is mixed it's reasonably likely both sides appeal, and if either does and their petition is accepted, the other side will also likely appeal.

Chupp's Chuppery presents a number of potentially interesting issues.