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Judge Declines To Toss Out Ron DeSantis-Selected Board’s Lawsuit In Battle With Disney Over Theme Park Special District

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A Florida state court judge declined to dismiss The Walt Disney Co.’s effort to toss a lawsuit brought by the Ron DeSantis-appointed board that now oversees a special district covering the company’s Florida properties.

Disney had sought to dismiss the lawsuit, which seeks to invalidate a set of development agreements that Disney reached with the special district when it was still under the company’s control.

Disney had filed its own federal lawsuit against DeSantis and the board of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, claiming that the governor violated its First Amendment and other constitutional rights.

Disney accused the governor of retaliation, as DeSantis moved to strip the company of control of the special district when it came out against a parental rights bill, known as “don’t say gay.” Disney had argued that state law requires that the state court sideline the litigation until its federal action is resolved.

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