Disney's high-profile legal battle with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis escalated when the state's attorney general filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from the entertainment giant.
Disney had alleged in federal court that DeSantis and other officials punished the company for its stance on a parental rights bill when the stateit held for 55 years to self-govern a special tax district that houses Walt Disney World.
The law forbids instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through third grade.In 2022, then-Disney CEO Bob Chapek condemned this law at the company's annual shareholder meeting after initially deciding not to speak publicly on the matter.that allows him to take control of the company's long-standing special tax district, formerly known as Reedy Creek.
Attorneys for members of the new board also filed a motion asking the court to dismiss the suit, or at least to abstain from deciding the matter until its unsettled questions of state law have been resolved. They also said the case belongs in state rather than federal court and that Disney's last-minute development agreement and restrictive covenants were never valid under Florida law.
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