The company pointed to DeSantis signing Senate Bill 1604, which prohibits the board “from complying with the terms” of the contracts.

“Today’s decision has no bearing on our lawsuit in federal court to vindicate Disney’s constitutional rights, and we are fully confident Disney will prevail in both the federal and state cases,” said a Disney spokesperson in a statement.Īrguing for dismissal, Disney claimed that the court doesn’t have the authority to answer whether the agreement that allowed the company to retain its powers is valid. It was filed on the heels of Disney taking DeSantis to court, accusing the Republican governor of retaliating against the company for its public opposition to the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law. The suit, filed in May in the state court covering Florida’s Orange and Osceola counties by the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, accused the entertainment giant of covertly cobbling together a “series of eleventh-hour deals” to illicitly retain the powers that allowed it to oversee development around its sprawling theme park. Charter Spectrum: The Sticking Points, Where Things Stand and More

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