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I wouldn't say that Chupp tossed it over procedural drama... it's more like the defendants employed the Chewbacca defense, throwing a shitload of meaningless garbage into their filings, and in so doing they successfully managed to muddy the waters enough that Chupp wanted to cut to the chase and he demanded a standard of evidence which was ultimately higher than the prima facie case actually required by the TCPA.If the judge is firebombing the entire case over procedural drama, isn't that way worse for the defendants? The defamation & conspiracy claims have always been the best evidenced and likely to survive in any fair hearing, at least as far as I'm aware. Failing those in the TCPA hearing as well would seem to make an appeal process laughably easy, while if only the middling claims get axed, then Ty and company wouldn't have nearly as much to stand on.