A clear win for Gov. DeSantis in the 2-year-long battle over Disney World. Today a judge dismissed the case Disney filed against DeSantis arguing that his attempt to take control of the district where the park operates was retaliation for the company’s freedom of speech.
In a victory for Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a federal judge on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit filed by the Walt Disney Company claiming that Mr. DeSantis and his allies violated the First Amendment by taking over a special tax district that encompasses Walt Disney World…
On Wednesday, Judge Allen Winsor in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida in Tallahassee dismissed the federal case in its entirety. In its lawsuit, Disney had accused Mr. DeSantis of a “relentless campaign to weaponize government power against Disney in retaliation for expressing a political viewpoint.” The campaign,…
