They destroyed him and then sue him for trying to destroy them. Charter West started it. He was taking his own avenue to gripe. Perfectly legal. Charter West legal department should have got the domain first. Not his problem.
Mr Riddle won this case: "Because we have determined that Charter West failed to produce evidence showing it was entitled to protection under the ACPA, we conclude that the district court erred in granting judgment against the Riddles for cybersquatting. The judgment of the district court is hereby reversed, its injunction is vacated, and the action is dismissed."
@@jeffmcginnis8051 RN didn't make it very clear nor did they in the video but I think it sounds like he sued first and got treated poorly in the fed district court and fed appeals court(meaning he lost) when he tried to sue them for lying about his credit. Then he created the complaint website, which the bank sued him over to get taken down.
i can not believe not 1 of those Justices complimented that man presenting how well he did ProSe! let me! I am so proud of you Sir, as if i know you dearly! i had a tear in my eye at the end! Congratulations!! your determination inspires me sir!
This bank should treat customers fairly. What a prime example of terrible advertising by dragging themselves through court. For what? Remove malicious notes grom mr Riddles credit and act like a grown up, charter west bank. Wow
And in the meantime life goes on for seven years. No big deal for the bank but parking brake gets pulled on Riddles life. Bad credit report, missed opportunities, mortgage rates doubling etc. I know it's outside the scope of this court but POS bank should be ordered to pay Riddles 2 million for the domain name. Bank and Riddles are in "negotiation", I'd say bad faith negotiation by the bank, this case brought just to delay and hurt Riddles in that negotiation.
It's really amazing how lawyers for these companies what to cry about "what ifs"...but completely remain silent about the ACTUAL shady practice that the company placed upon this man...which MADE him retaliate in the way he did.
That was actually the judges going easy on him, essentially helping him argue his case. Usually appeals courts get more.. adversarial. When you make an imprecise statement, judges will jump on in immediately "How is that related to..? What's the case law?"; here, they basically went "did you perhaps mean to say..?" several times.
@@nuclearmedicineman6270 Ya that's how I saw it too, they were absolutely helping him along, they were insanely gracious and understanding of him being a pro se litigant. Almost every appeals and supreme court case the litigants get constantly peppered with questions, that's SOP.
And in the meantime life goes on for seven years. No big deal for the bank but parking brake gets pulled on Riddles life. Bad credit report, missed opportunities, mortgage rates doubling, perhaps starting a family, etc. How do compensated a man for that? I know it's outside the scope of this court but POS bank should be ordered to pay Riddles 2 million (or more) for the domain name. Bank and Riddles are in "negotiation", I'd say bad faith negotiation by the bank, this case brought just to delay and hurt Riddles in that negotiation.
Apparently things were slightly more complicated. I read some of the court decisions, and based on that it seems that the relevant state department had information saying that J.R. was in arrears with child support, although this information was an error due to his agreement with his ex-wife not being properly reflected. (Apparently they track what someone pays and compare it to what they think they have to pay.) So it seems that the situation was unclear enough that it was at least not _obvious_ fraud and malice by the bank.
@@johaquila And a misunderstand on child support owed and paid takes more than 7 years to clear up? Ex spouse should have had new court order on their agreement, Easy to do My ex and I did exactly that, one attorney handled it with court neither her or I had to appear. In this case if both parents aggreged on something different than court order and didn't at the time file with the court it still should have been easy to correct with new filings on agreement backdated to when they made agreement. Something else is going on like faceless eago of bank than can do no wrong and won't listen.
@@johaquila No doubt something like that happened. My problem is why, 7 years later, is this not resolved? An accounting error like you describe needs an affidavit from both the man and wife explaining their agreement that negated the court order. These affidavits would be reviewed by the courts and any negative reports on the man would be ordered removed. That process should not take more than 30 days. What are they not telling us, I don't know.
He was extremely nice, and the judge is actually seemed excited to have him argue this. And it seemed to me that they actually helped him out in their questioning. Sometimes big businesses just need to mind their own business
What an Awesome Action by this Guy... Excellent Points, Quick to Understand and Answer the Justices... With Great Responses! Sign him up as a Constitutional Lawyer!
Gee another corporate entity, lying on a loan form...but NO justice visible? And the government and corporations wonder why WE THE PEOPLE, are SO pissed off? Two levels of justice, ONE for the RICH and mighty and one for us, peons???
It's not until you deal with the justice system that you ultimately find out that this isn't justice & the system is biased in favor of the government. Here's hoping he wins.
The lower court's permanent injunction was overly broad. The bank's counsel already said, that using the banks name in another fashion, was OK. The bank chose a fool to represent them.
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Lol the banks lawyer claimed the injuction that he can not have the words "charterwest" are justified, but in the same context said "ihatecharterwestbank" would be allowable. So which is it? If he is not trying to compete with them by claiming he is a bank also, he should have every right to sell his domain. They should have just fixed their mistake instead of trying to double down and ruin this guys life. Sounds to.me like he just simply wanted to buy a home, the bank retaliated because he took his business elsewhere, and they tried to make so he would never be able to get a home loan.
I'd like the motion to dismiss without prejudice for the prosecution has failed to State a cause of action and I also like to collect my fees and costs for having to defend this frivolous case that is my wish thank you your honor I pray for Just and Swift relief
I think this video will do more harm to Charter West Bank, than any domain name. The Bank is hurting there own reputation. Look at it this way, owning a domain Name is know different than owning anything else. If you want to sell it you can, If you want to buy something you can, you just have to make the deal.
Isn't our country founded on the right to own and sell property? Isn't a domain name, property? I had a domain name for over a decade. I didn't sell it. I just let it lapse. No big deal. Went out of business.
What the earth!? How can a bank put a child support judgement on your credit report!?? I know the gov't can deny someone the ability to obtain a drivers license if they're in arrears, which is stupid. But, I never imagined a bank could attach a child support arrears order on a credit report!
I wonder if this man, when he wins, will back the bank into a federal lawsuit? Bet the bank didn't consider THAT??? Wasn't THAT a LIE, that THEY did? Or someone in their bank?
Mr. Riddle did a fantastic job. I have no prior knowledge of this type of litigation, and yet he was easy to understand and logical in his reasoning. They sent him an email re: settlement. So, because he responds, now he's in the wrong? Charter West just doubling down on their conduct, huh?
This was recorded when the Nebraska Supreme Court traveled from Lincoln to Omaha. This session was held at Creighton Law School. I went to law school there and recognized the room, the justices, and I know the Judge Durr that who was reference. Judge Durr is a good man.
@@neilwilson4590 I have known Judge Durr for over 10 years professionally and personally. He is a very good judge for my criminally charged clients. I have had several cases dismissed because the prosecutors didn't meet their burden of proof or that the police did not follow proper procedure. He does a lot of volunteer work, has a great wife, and a nice family. Just because he was overruled in a civil case does not mean he is a isn't a good guy. He really cares about getting the law correct. Here he didn't and I am glad the Supreme Court corrected his erroneous ruling. I will stand by my original comment that he is a good man because I know him very well.
@@robschaefer1495 How good is a man who will make a decision that allows anyone to destroy another man's life? Your definition of good and my definition of good are at odds. Since you know the judge so well, perhaps you could get him to do the right thing and give this wronged man a million dollars for his error. If he does, then I would agree that he is a good man. If he does not, then he is just another bad man making bad decisions, I tend to call those people criminals. If he is not held to be accountable for his bad decisions, then that would make him a sovereign citizen.
Bank could not have a case, fundamentally there are no damages or liability! His rebuttal is profound, claiming if you are not in the club the law is irrelevant !
When a federal judge dismissed a case that I had brought I immediately filed a WRIT OF ERROR and personally VACATED that order of dismissal and PROVED to the court that I, based on how I had filed my action had the authority to do so. The case proceeded but I was soon made homeless and was unable to continue but the case *WAS* undismissed BY ME.
This specific case didn't. They didn't explain that very well. I think from what they said and what research I've done is that Mr. Riddle sued the bank for lying on his credit report and lost at both the federal district court level and then the court of appeals(it's very unlikely to get to the SCOTUS) and lost both times, which is why he referenced that he was treated unfairly. Then he created the website, then the bank sued him for the website and the bank won in the state district level. Then Mr Riddle appealed to the State Supreme court and won.
@@John-ke2jm I see. But there was no mention of this case having already gone through the state courts in order to get to the state supreme court. A little confusing.
If he stole their site and tried to sell it back that seems to fit law. not him buying a site and them asking to buy it and then using his response as evidence of cybersquatting is sneaky
If The bank Had acted when It's a focus credit report information had been brought to their attention comma I feel like they would have owed a modest amount of damages to this Couple. By not taking it down and acting in such a petty criminal Behavior comma I think the bank should pay him 10 million dollars to take the site down And turn the domain over, And another 10 million for the continual litigation defending the actions of the criminals at the bank.
People seem to be unaware of how powerful a pro se action can be. The "If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed to you before any questioning" sentence is on Miranda cards because one old, career petty criminal with an 8th grade education sitting in a Florida prison convicted of a crime he did not commit used a pencil to write a 5 page Petition to The US Supreme Court, the court unanimously agreed with him, and undid decades of citizens having their rights denied them. Gideon v Wainwright (1963). In 1942 in Betts v Brady, The US Supreme Court has said the exact opposite when they applied some amazing powers of mental masturbation to "translate" the 6th Amendment. There is a backstory about Gideon involving his cell mate, but I'll leave those interested to do the research. I included the entire story and history in one of the books I've written because it is the epitome of "the little guy" defeating the government.
it would appear that riddles has an long history of suing banks, incl. breach of contract. While I understand his 1st amendment right to be critical of anything, there are those that would domain squat, hinder, and 'black mail business'. We owned a domain for +10 years and actively did business. Hosting provider "accidentally" released domain, automatically purchased by one of their purchasing agents. they charged me a fee to have it reversed, but did not follow through. Immediately i got requests to sell it back for $5,000 which still persists 2 years later. We didn't change domains and shut the business down for not wanting to deal with these thieves. Riddles needed to win. However, what i think it demonstrates is that the state will actively support businesses to squash the little guy when able, which they did for many years apparently. Corruption is real folks.
Bank should ask for its paid legal fees back. No provable actual damages. Not one bit of evidence of any individual that went to the guys website and therefore refused to do business with charter west. no distinctive or famous. Attorney stipulated no distinction or famous mark. I was glad to read the court ruled in Riddles favor. I would be interested in learning if they successfully sued the bank for some sort of loss due to their retaliation.
It's always exciting to see a pro se litigant present a well-reasoned And professional level argument before a court. It just shows that you don't need a law degree and a bar card in order to defend your rights or hold criminals accountable.
Ya that's what he couldn't square with the cybersquatting law, it was designed to stop people from purposely buying domain names just to profit from them. He completely lost when he tried to argue that it would still be a violation even if Mr. Riddle wanted to sell the domain for exactly what he paid for it.
its gripe site he si WILLING to sell for 1 million to anyone, if tey offer it he will take it, i didnt see any evidence of him going to them and demanding moneies, they came to him wanting a name they like... simple...
If you read the court's decision(CHARTER WEST BANK v. RIDDLE S-22-557), Riddle didn't really win this case through his own efforts, Charter West lost because they didn't submit any evidence to prove their mark was distinctive. Just bad lawyering on behalf of Charter West, not excellent pro se lawyering by Riddle. One thing Riddle did do well was arguing that his settlement negotiation emails should not be considered as evidence. This case ultimately didn't turn on that issue, but it might have helped had Charter West's attorneys not botched it.
@@marcopalazzo9349 Not really, he could have skipped his entire argument and they would have found for him. Proving that your mark is distinctive is an essential element of these cybersquatting claims. I give him credit for being persistent and making the appeal, but this isn't some genius. He spent most of his argument and almost all of his reply brief on irrelevant issues.
just seems like savvy business sense charter west could have but failed to acquire the domain name , he found it available and now wants to sell and make profit welcome to capitalism
And in the meantime life goes on for seven years. No big deal for the bank but parking brake gets pulled on Riddles life. Bad credit report, missed opportunities, mortgage rates doubling, perhaps starting a family delayed etc. I know it's outside the scope of this court but POS bank should be ordered to pay Riddles 2 million (or more) for the domain name. Bank and Riddles are in "negotiation", I'd say bad faith negotiation by the bank, this case brought just to delay and hurt Riddles in that negotiation.
Judges are politicians. Right of the bat at was a political jab at the Federal judges (i.e. Democrats) from the State judges (i.e. Republicans). Many politicians make their bones in the judicial branch before moving to the legislative branch.
@@chrisbudesa It's in Nebraska. I'm making an educated guess. Nebraska leans right, and currently the federal government leans left. It's not a difficult concept to understand politics are involved in court judgements.
The defendants did great, but these judges handled the pro se nature of the case perfectly. They let him present his case while helping him clarify his points when he was lacking a bit, and remained fair.
If the bank did not buy up all domain names with the words Charter West & Bank whose fault is that, they should have done more investigation and purchased all possible domains with these words in any combination, if the bank wants the domain name he has put a price of $1,000,000.00 Charter West Bank can either buy it or not he is giving them first refusal.
It comes down to who contacted who about buying the site/domain name. If he contacted them and threatened them he's going to lose. If they contacted him and started negotiations, he's just fine. It sounded like he contacted them, and he's going to lose. I've dealt with trademarks and domain names in my career, and you can't threaten companies to buy a domain. He was really dumb for bringing up the blackmail thing because he essentially admitted what he was doing. He's not slow, but he wasn't thinking with his head when he did this.
@andrewking6527 check out the original channel, they may have an update or information where you can find it. Perhaps it's on the website mentioned in the video. Hope this helps
Those last thoughts about the law being irrelevant around trained LAW professionals employed at said tax funded agency, being to stupid, or wanting to harm him. . WOW. Thats powerful as shit to say because he just explained how EVERY prison Inmate who got tricked into signing for time, made it to the cell they are in. I love that he voiced that in front of Supreme Court Justices. My take from this is weather the Legal professionals and tax funded agency are here to help you or keep you "Safe". They may have to power to help but read a word or 2 wrong and they ALL can cripple you. How is Justice supposed to be reached when the Justices are just making judgements that just simply correct years worth of bias errors and "mistakes" by tax funded agencys who failed to do their job? Its makes me fell better that the path to having a case heard in front of Supreme Court Justices and the path to an 8 by 10 cell on 23 hour lockdown in the Department of Corrections is the same breakdowns and failures of government bodies. pfftt haha
100% they were helping Mr Riddle. The bank lost this case and it shows, they had ZERO legal ground to stand on and should have never won at the district level.
Lot of interruptions, yes, but maybe the commenters here are interpreting it more accurately. The judges' interruptions amounted to a kind of aggressive hand-holding, parochial maybe but not as adversarial as it might appear
VI. CONCLUSION Because we have determined that Charter West failed to produce evidence showing it was entitled to protection under the ACPA, we conclude that the district court erred in granting judgment against the Riddles for cybersquatting. The judgment of the district court is hereby reversed, its injunction is vacated, and the action is dismissed. Reversed, injunction vacated, and dismissed
They destroyed him and then sue him for trying to destroy them. Charter West started it. He was taking his own avenue to gripe. Perfectly legal. Charter West legal department should have got the domain first. Not his problem.
You did a fantastic job Mr Riddle, I wish you luck and a victorious outcome.
Mr Riddle won this case: "Because we have determined that Charter West failed to produce evidence showing it was entitled to protection under the ACPA, we conclude that the district court erred in granting judgment against the Riddles for cybersquatting. The judgment of the district court is hereby reversed, its injunction is vacated, and the action is dismissed."
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I'm not familiar with this case what is (was) his next move ... lawsuit?
@@John-ke2jmThank you. I was scrolling the comments looking for if he won or not. Good for him 😎
@@TheJmitchell6337 RN mentioned it really quick in the beginning of the video, but I think he should have put it at the end.
@@jeffmcginnis8051 RN didn't make it very clear nor did they in the video but I think it sounds like he sued first and got treated poorly in the fed district court and fed appeals court(meaning he lost) when he tried to sue them for lying about his credit. Then he created the complaint website, which the bank sued him over to get taken down.
i can not believe not 1 of those Justices complimented that man presenting how well he did ProSe! let me! I am so proud of you Sir, as if i know you dearly! i had a tear in my eye at the end! Congratulations!! your determination inspires me sir!
It's actually good that they didn't, it could show bias and that could possibly harm the riddles case
This is a very nice judge to allow him to go and help him clarify his points as they go. I love to see judges like this. Thanl you judge's.
Whoever put that false information in the database belongs in prison.
Charter West will have to pay. But now he has to prove damages.
it wasn't done out of the blue - there was confusion over a child support matter that had been not been rectified correctly
This bank should treat customers fairly. What a prime example of terrible advertising by dragging themselves through court. For what?
Remove malicious notes grom mr Riddles credit and act like a grown up, charter west bank. Wow
100%
A bit of a Streisand effect
And in the meantime life goes on for seven years. No big deal for the bank but parking brake gets pulled on Riddles life. Bad credit report, missed opportunities, mortgage rates doubling etc. I know it's outside the scope of this court but POS bank should be ordered to pay Riddles 2 million for the domain name. Bank and Riddles are in "negotiation", I'd say bad faith negotiation by the bank, this case brought just to delay and hurt Riddles in that negotiation.
It's really amazing how lawyers for these companies what to cry about "what ifs"...but completely remain silent about the ACTUAL shady practice that the company placed upon this man...which MADE him retaliate in the way he did.
Wow, good job on this guy keeping his train of thought on task for how constantly he was interrupted by the judges. Insanity.
That's pretty standard at appeals courts.
That was actually the judges going easy on him, essentially helping him argue his case. Usually appeals courts get more.. adversarial. When you make an imprecise statement, judges will jump on in immediately "How is that related to..? What's the case law?"; here, they basically went "did you perhaps mean to say..?" several times.
The judges were impressed by Mr Riddles arguments 😎
@@nuclearmedicineman6270 Ya that's how I saw it too, they were absolutely helping him along, they were insanely gracious and understanding of him being a pro se litigant. Almost every appeals and supreme court case the litigants get constantly peppered with questions, that's SOP.
@John-ke2jm by law, the judges MUST be "understanding" and lenient with pro se litigants...
Bank hurt the plaintiff with a false notation on credit report
And in the meantime life goes on for seven years. No big deal for the bank but parking brake gets pulled on Riddles life. Bad credit report, missed opportunities, mortgage rates doubling, perhaps starting a family, etc. How do compensated a man for that? I know it's outside the scope of this court but POS bank should be ordered to pay Riddles 2 million (or more) for the domain name. Bank and Riddles are in "negotiation", I'd say bad faith negotiation by the bank, this case brought just to delay and hurt Riddles in that negotiation.
Apparently things were slightly more complicated. I read some of the court decisions, and based on that it seems that the relevant state department had information saying that J.R. was in arrears with child support, although this information was an error due to his agreement with his ex-wife not being properly reflected. (Apparently they track what someone pays and compare it to what they think they have to pay.) So it seems that the situation was unclear enough that it was at least not _obvious_ fraud and malice by the bank.
@@johaquila And a misunderstand on child support owed and paid takes more than 7 years to clear up? Ex spouse should have had new court order on their agreement, Easy to do My ex and I did exactly that, one attorney handled it with court neither her or I had to appear. In this case if both parents aggreged on something different than court order and didn't at the time file with the court it still should have been easy to correct with new filings on agreement backdated to when they made agreement. Something else is going on like faceless eago of bank than can do no wrong and won't listen.
@@johaquila No doubt something like that happened. My problem is why, 7 years later, is this not resolved? An accounting error like you describe needs an affidavit from both the man and wife explaining their agreement that negated the court order. These affidavits would be reviewed by the courts and any negative reports on the man would be ordered removed. That process should not take more than 30 days. What are they not telling us, I don't know.
He was extremely nice, and the judge is actually seemed excited to have him argue this. And it seemed to me that they actually helped him out in their questioning. Sometimes big businesses just need to mind their own business
Obviously, someone(s) in this bank, was NOT ETHICAL...
If you ever see corn in turd, that is Charter West bank' ethics.
What an Awesome Action by this Guy... Excellent Points, Quick to Understand and Answer the Justices... With Great Responses!
Sign him up as a Constitutional Lawyer!
If he had a different domain name they would have still sued him. They are all crooks/psychopaths. He should have asked for 1 trillion.
Malicious lie onto credit report
Gee another corporate entity, lying on a loan form...but NO justice visible? And the government and corporations wonder why WE THE PEOPLE, are SO pissed off? Two levels of justice, ONE for the RICH and mighty and one for us, peons???
Selling a domain for a loss would be a "Commercial Purpose". lol
"The primary difference between a rich person and poor person is how they manage fear.” They couldn't scare this man!!!
Thank you @rogue Nation for sharing this incredible story!!!
It's not until you deal with the justice system that you ultimately find out that this isn't justice & the system is biased in favor of the government. Here's hoping he wins.
The lower court's permanent injunction was overly broad. The bank's counsel already said, that using the banks name in another fashion, was OK. The bank chose a fool to represent them.
Thanks for sharing. One nevwr knows when this info will comw in handy. Our world is turning upside down so this could be me next week.
I love to see the little guy win. Good for you, Mr Riddle 🏆
Just spent the entirety of this video leaving bad Google reviews on each branch and posting video all over their Facebook page. Good times.
Great job, Mr Riddle!
They tried to blackball you. You caught them. You give it back, and boy, did they underestimate you!
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The judge is awesome, he is providing so much support for the cause
Lol the banks lawyer claimed the injuction that he can not have the words "charterwest" are justified, but in the same context said "ihatecharterwestbank" would be allowable. So which is it? If he is not trying to compete with them by claiming he is a bank also, he should have every right to sell his domain. They should have just fixed their mistake instead of trying to double down and ruin this guys life. Sounds to.me like he just simply wanted to buy a home, the bank retaliated because he took his business elsewhere, and they tried to make so he would never be able to get a home loan.
I'd like the motion to dismiss without prejudice for the prosecution has failed to State a cause of action and I also like to collect my fees and costs for having to defend this frivolous case that is my wish thank you your honor I pray for Just and Swift relief
Everybody in "the club" tried to squash him like a bug. It's the Golden Rule: He who has the Gold makes the Rules!
I think this video will do more harm to Charter West Bank, than any domain name. The Bank is hurting there own reputation. Look at it this way, owning a domain Name is know different than owning anything else. If you want to sell it you can, If you want to buy something you can, you just have to make the deal.
This lawsuit alone is the Streisand effect all over.
@@John-ke2jm BINGO 💯
Isn't our country founded on the right to own and sell property? Isn't a domain name, property? I had a domain name for over a decade. I didn't sell it. I just let it lapse. No big deal. Went out of business.
What the earth!? How can a bank put a child support judgement on your credit report!?? I know the gov't can deny someone the ability to obtain a drivers license if they're in arrears, which is stupid. But, I never imagined a bank could attach a child support arrears order on a credit report!
I wonder if this man, when he wins, will back the bank into a federal lawsuit? Bet the bank didn't consider THAT??? Wasn't THAT a LIE, that THEY did? Or someone in their bank?
Mr. Riddle did a fantastic job. I have no prior knowledge of this type of litigation, and yet he was easy to understand and logical in his reasoning. They sent him an email re: settlement. So, because he responds, now he's in the wrong? Charter West just doubling down on their conduct, huh?
I own it, and i can sell what i own...period.
The interruptions from the judges didnt "help" the audience as they said, it was a huge derailment from the gentleman's remarks
This was recorded when the Nebraska Supreme Court traveled from Lincoln to Omaha. This session was held at Creighton Law School. I went to law school there and recognized the room, the justices, and I know the Judge Durr that who was reference. Judge Durr is a good man.
Bet you any money he isn’t
@@neilwilson4590 I have known Judge Durr for over 10 years professionally and personally. He is a very good judge for my criminally charged clients. I have had several cases dismissed because the prosecutors didn't meet their burden of proof or that the police did not follow proper procedure. He does a lot of volunteer work, has a great wife, and a nice family. Just because he was overruled in a civil case does not mean he is a isn't a good guy. He really cares about getting the law correct. Here he didn't and I am glad the Supreme Court corrected his erroneous ruling. I will stand by my original comment that he is a good man because I know him very well.
@@robschaefer1495 How good is a man who will make a decision that allows anyone to destroy another man's life? Your definition of good and my definition of good are at odds. Since you know the judge so well, perhaps you could get him to do the right thing and give this wronged man a million dollars for his error. If he does, then I would agree that he is a good man. If he does not, then he is just another bad man making bad decisions, I tend to call those people criminals. If he is not held to be accountable for his bad decisions, then that would make him a sovereign citizen.
Bank could not have a case, fundamentally there are no damages or liability!
His rebuttal is profound, claiming if you are not in the club the law is irrelevant !
When a federal judge dismissed a case that I had brought I immediately filed a WRIT OF ERROR and personally VACATED that order of dismissal and PROVED to the court that I, based on how I had filed my action had the authority to do so. The case proceeded but I was soon made homeless and was unable to continue but the case *WAS* undismissed BY ME.
Interesting that the case started in a federal district court, went to a federal circuit court, then ended up...in the state supreme court.
This specific case didn't. They didn't explain that very well. I think from what they said and what research I've done is that Mr. Riddle sued the bank for lying on his credit report and lost at both the federal district court level and then the court of appeals(it's very unlikely to get to the SCOTUS) and lost both times, which is why he referenced that he was treated unfairly. Then he created the website, then the bank sued him for the website and the bank won in the state district level. Then Mr Riddle appealed to the State Supreme court and won.
@@John-ke2jm I see. But there was no mention of this case having already gone through the state courts in order to get to the state supreme court. A little confusing.
This pro se litigant is better than 99% of the lawyers I've ever seen. He should get his law degree; he'd be extremely successful.
If he stole their site and tried to sell it back that seems to fit law. not him buying a site and them asking to buy it and then using his response as evidence of cybersquatting is sneaky
If The bank Had acted when It's a focus credit report information had been brought to their attention comma I feel like they would have owed a modest amount of damages to this Couple. By not taking it down and acting in such a petty criminal Behavior comma I think the bank should pay him 10 million dollars to take the site down And turn the domain over, And another 10 million for the continual litigation defending the actions of the criminals at the bank.
Charter West injured and damaged themselves.
People seem to be unaware of how powerful a pro se action can be. The "If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed to you before any questioning" sentence is on Miranda cards because one old, career petty criminal with an 8th grade education sitting in a Florida prison convicted of a crime he did not commit used a pencil to write a 5 page Petition to The US Supreme Court, the court unanimously agreed with him, and undid decades of citizens having their rights denied them. Gideon v Wainwright (1963). In 1942 in Betts v Brady, The US Supreme Court has said the exact opposite when they applied some amazing powers of mental masturbation to "translate" the 6th Amendment. There is a backstory about Gideon involving his cell mate, but I'll leave those interested to do the research. I included the entire story and history in one of the books I've written because it is the epitome of "the little guy" defeating the government.
I read the opinion… Nice legal work. Didn’t get that “with prejudice”, but he got it reversed and vacated. Better than many attorneys.
The court system is singular, not separate!
The bank's lawyer complaining about capitalism.
Where’s the ruling….someone please do a followup
If I open a business, one of the first things I would do is check for domain registration.
Riddles closing arguments = 😎
False credit reporting by this POS Bank!
it would appear that riddles has an long history of suing banks, incl. breach of contract. While I understand his 1st amendment right to be critical of anything, there are those that would domain squat, hinder, and 'black mail business'. We owned a domain for +10 years and actively did business. Hosting provider "accidentally" released domain, automatically purchased by one of their purchasing agents. they charged me a fee to have it reversed, but did not follow through. Immediately i got requests to sell it back for $5,000 which still persists 2 years later. We didn't change domains and shut the business down for not wanting to deal with these thieves. Riddles needed to win. However, what i think it demonstrates is that the state will actively support businesses to squash the little guy when able, which they did for many years apparently. Corruption is real folks.
Bank should ask for its paid legal fees back. No provable actual damages. Not one bit of evidence of any individual that went to the guys website and therefore refused to do business with charter west. no distinctive or famous. Attorney stipulated no distinction or famous mark. I was glad to read the court ruled in Riddles favor. I would be interested in learning if they successfully sued the bank for some sort of loss due to their retaliation.
It's always exciting to see a pro se litigant present a well-reasoned And professional level argument before a court. It just shows that you don't need a law degree and a bar card in order to defend your rights or hold criminals accountable.
Interesting... I wonder how many city and Leo sites I can buy up? 🤪🤪
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Wow, attorney, as soon as someone wants to sell a website, anyone they can get sues for the cyber squatting
Ya that's what he couldn't square with the cybersquatting law, it was designed to stop people from purposely buying domain names just to profit from them. He completely lost when he tried to argue that it would still be a violation even if Mr. Riddle wanted to sell the domain for exactly what he paid for it.
Determination at its finest
Fantastic work, a Mega Brovo to you!
I'm sure they've forclosed on a few houses and now they are after someone's digital real estate.
its gripe site he si WILLING to sell for 1 million to anyone, if tey offer it he will take it, i didnt see any evidence of him going to them and demanding moneies, they came to him wanting a name they like... simple...
If you read the court's decision(CHARTER WEST BANK v. RIDDLE S-22-557), Riddle didn't really win this case through his own efforts, Charter West lost because they didn't submit any evidence to prove their mark was distinctive. Just bad lawyering on behalf of Charter West, not excellent pro se lawyering by Riddle.
One thing Riddle did do well was arguing that his settlement negotiation emails should not be considered as evidence. This case ultimately didn't turn on that issue, but it might have helped had Charter West's attorneys not botched it.
Well then he did win because he knew they had no evidence. It can't be bad layering if the evidence doesn't exist.
@@marcopalazzo9349 Not really, he could have skipped his entire argument and they would have found for him. Proving that your mark is distinctive is an essential element of these cybersquatting claims.
I give him credit for being persistent and making the appeal, but this isn't some genius. He spent most of his argument and almost all of his reply brief on irrelevant issues.
@@Ryan-The-Grifter so what if most of the case they thought was irrelevant, he still had the relevant part.
You can see that Justice Cassel is helping the defendant along. He's even smiling while doing so.
just seems like savvy business sense charter west could have but failed to acquire the domain name , he found it available and now wants to sell and make profit welcome to capitalism
And in the meantime life goes on for seven years. No big deal for the bank but parking brake gets pulled on Riddles life. Bad credit report, missed opportunities, mortgage rates doubling, perhaps starting a family delayed etc. I know it's outside the scope of this court but POS bank should be ordered to pay Riddles 2 million (or more) for the domain name. Bank and Riddles are in "negotiation", I'd say bad faith negotiation by the bank, this case brought just to delay and hurt Riddles in that negotiation.
go ahead-on Mr. Riddle !
This guy should have been a lawyer !
Absolutely superb, well done, well argued, kudos to you and your wife for remonstrating and winning!
Judges are politicians. Right of the bat at was a political jab at the Federal judges (i.e. Democrats) from the State judges (i.e. Republicans). Many politicians make their bones in the judicial branch before moving to the legislative branch.
You know the party affiliations of all of the judges involved?
@@chrisbudesa It's in Nebraska. I'm making an educated guess. Nebraska leans right, and currently the federal government leans left. It's not a difficult concept to understand politics are involved in court judgements.
The defendants did great, but these judges handled the pro se nature of the case perfectly. They let him present his case while helping him clarify his points when he was lacking a bit, and remained fair.
How did that court rule ?????
If the bank did not buy up all domain names with the words Charter West & Bank whose fault is that, they should have done more investigation and purchased all possible domains with these words in any combination, if the bank wants the domain name he has put a price of $1,000,000.00 Charter West Bank can either buy it or not he is giving them first refusal.
If I were riddle, I would argue I was not trying to sell the site I was trying to collect punitive damages in exchange for the site.
Thanks for highlighting a new auditor.
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This was Great !!!
I want to know where we can find out the result of this case.
It comes down to who contacted who about buying the site/domain name. If he contacted them and threatened them he's going to lose. If they contacted him and started negotiations, he's just fine. It sounded like he contacted them, and he's going to lose. I've dealt with trademarks and domain names in my career, and you can't threaten companies to buy a domain. He was really dumb for bringing up the blackmail thing because he essentially admitted what he was doing. He's not slow, but he wasn't thinking with his head when he did this.
@@aznative_ ummmmmm yeah .... he won 🙂
@@jeffmcginnis8051🎉😂 we did not hear a ruling genius
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Could you add the date, a link to docket, and the outcome?
@andrewking6527 check out the original channel, they may have an update or information where you can find it. Perhaps it's on the website mentioned in the video. Hope this helps
wow!
Well how many of you have faith in Charter West ?
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Guy got google name and sold it back to Google
Those last thoughts about the law being irrelevant around trained LAW professionals employed at said tax funded agency, being to stupid, or wanting to harm him. . WOW. Thats powerful as shit to say because he just explained how EVERY prison Inmate who got tricked into signing for time, made it to the cell they are in. I love that he voiced that in front of Supreme Court Justices. My take from this is weather the Legal professionals and tax funded agency are here to help you or keep you "Safe". They may have to power to help but read a word or 2 wrong and they ALL can cripple you. How is Justice supposed to be reached when the Justices are just making judgements that just simply correct years worth of bias errors and "mistakes" by tax funded agencys who failed to do their job?
Its makes me fell better that the path to having a case heard in front of Supreme Court Justices and the path to an 8 by 10 cell on 23 hour lockdown in the Department of Corrections is the same breakdowns and failures of government bodies. pfftt haha
Smash….ehhhh
So... what was their decision? Yeah. It seem kinda obvious but what was it?
he won
@@RogueNationAudits awesome! Thank you sir!
I believe in God but the Cross is a bit unconstitutional
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does anyone know the outcome?
So. Did he win? 🤷🏼♂️
RN said that he did in the beginning of this video.
Again, reposting old videos....
Judges demeanor seems to be pro-bank
100% they were helping Mr Riddle. The bank lost this case and it shows, they had ZERO legal ground to stand on and should have never won at the district level.
Lot of interruptions, yes, but maybe the commenters here are interpreting it more accurately. The judges' interruptions amounted to a kind of aggressive hand-holding, parochial maybe but not as adversarial as it might appear
@@kevinericsnell4092 Agree 100%
This is how I watch my hair grow!
In the weeds
Guess who gets a million dollars now?
VI. CONCLUSION
Because we have determined that Charter West failed to produce evidence showing it was entitled to protection under the ACPA, we conclude that the district court erred in granting judgment against the Riddles for cybersquatting. The judgment of the district court is hereby reversed, its injunction is vacated, and the action is dismissed.
Reversed, injunction vacated, and dismissed