{"id":1958046,"date":"2023-06-27T11:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-appointed-board-asks-federal-court-to-stay-or-dismiss-disney-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T11:05:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:05:19","slug":"desantis-appointed-board-asks-federal-court-to-stay-or-dismiss-disney-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-appointed-board-asks-federal-court-to-stay-or-dismiss-disney-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis-appointed board seeks court action on Disney lawsuit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-appointed-board-asks-federal-court-to-stay-or-dismiss-disney-lawsuit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1958046&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Lawyers for Central Florida Tourism Oversight District File Motion to Dismiss Disney&#8217;s Lawsuit<\/h2>\n<p>Lawyers representing the board of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District have taken action in response to Disney&#8217;s lawsuit against the board and other Florida leaders. In a court filing, the board argues that Disney&#8217;s claims should either be settled in state court or dismissed entirely, labeling the lawsuit as &#8220;a host of baseless constitutional claims.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Request for Stay or Dismissal<\/h3>\n<p>The board&#8217;s filing requests that Disney&#8217;s claims be put on hold until the state court litigation over the validity of the Development Agreement and Restrictive Covenants is resolved. Alternatively, they argue for the dismissal of the lawsuit. According to the board, the validity and enforceability of these agreements are unsettled questions of state law.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyers further contend that a ruling in the state court lawsuit between Disney and the board would significantly impact the allegations made in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-issued-13000-disciplinary-notices-at-single-u-s-warehouse\/\" title=\"Amazon issued 13,000 disciplinary notices at single U.S. warehouse\">federal court lawsuit<\/a>. If the state court determines that the Development Agreement and Restrictive Covenants are void and unenforceable, Disney&#8217;s claims related to contracts, takings, due process, and First Amendment retaliation would all fail.<\/p>\n<h3>Forum Non Conveniens<\/h3>\n<p>The lawyers for the board also assert that the case should be dismissed in federal court under the legal doctrine of forum non conveniens. They argue that the state court is a more suitable venue to handle the dispute, as the Restrictive Covenant&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-appointed-board-asks-federal-court-to-stay-or-dismiss-disney-lawsuit\/\" title=\"DeSantis-appointed board seeks court action on Disney lawsuit.\">forum-selection clause permits suit<\/a> only in Orange County state court.<\/p>\n<h3>Disputing Disney&#8217;s Claims<\/h3>\n<p>The lawyers representing the board challenge Disney&#8217;s claims under the contracts, takings, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-doj-warns-states-ags-feds-back-gender-affirming-care-rights-for-transgender-children\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s DOJ Warns States\u2019 AGs: Feds Back \u2019Gender-Affirming Care\u2019 Rights for \u2018Transgender\u2019 Children\u00a0\">due process clauses<\/a> of the U.S. Constitution, as well as their claim of retaliation under the First Amendment. They argue that the Development Agreement and Restrictive Covenants are not considered &#8220;property&#8221; under the Fifth Amendment and that Disney&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-our-vote-matters-is-suing-facebook-dominion-mark-zuckerberg-certain-state-officials-others-for-infringing-upon-right-to-vote-assemble-and-speak-freely-you-can-jo\/\" title=\"Group \u201cOur Vote Matters\u201d Is Suing Facebook, Dominion, Mark Zuckerberg, Certain State Officials, Others for Infringing Upon Right to Vote, Assemble and Speak Freely \u2013 You Can Join Too\">due process rights<\/a> were not violated. Additionally, they contend that voiding Disney&#8217;s agreement constituted government speech and did not have an adverse effect on the company.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the lawsuit, Governor Ron DeSantis and acting Secretary of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Meredith Ivey have filed a motion to dismiss, asserting their immunity from the legal action. Disney has until July 26 to respond to the defendants&#8217; motion.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing dispute between Disney and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District began when the board declared an agreement designed to undermine their authority as void. Governor DeSantis restructured the district to increase state oversight, leading to the legal battle.<\/p>\n<p>The central Florida board has also filed a counterlawsuit against Disney in state court, with the first hearing scheduled for July 14.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict between DeSantis and Disney originated from Disney&#8217;s opposition to the Parental Rights in Education Act, which the governor signed into law last year.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>be halted or thrown out. The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District&#8217;s lawyers have requested a federal court to stay or dismiss Disney&#8217;s lawsuit against the board and other Florida leaders. In their court filing, they stated that Disney&#8217;s allegations lack merit and should not proceed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1958047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1958046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1958046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1958047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1958046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1958046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1958046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}