{"id":2025114,"date":"2023-09-07T19:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T23:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-amends-lawsuit-to-narrow-in-on-first-amendment-claims\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T19:35:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T23:35:59","slug":"disney-amends-lawsuit-to-narrow-in-on-first-amendment-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-amends-lawsuit-to-narrow-in-on-first-amendment-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney modifies lawsuit to focus on First Amendment allegations."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdisney-amends-lawsuit-to-narrow-in-on-first-amendment-claims%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=2025114&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>Disney \u2064Narrows Lawsuit Against Gov. Ron DeSantis to Focus on\u200c Free Speech Allegations<\/h2>\n<p>Disney has made amendments to \u2062its lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis\u200b (R-FL)\u2063 and members of the Central Florida\u200d Tourism Oversight District, now specifically\u200c targeting alleged \u200dviolations of its First Amendment rights. The entertainment company \u200dwithdrew its\u200c initial four claims\u2062 in\u2062 a court \u2064filing on Thursday, narrowing \u200dthe lawsuit down to the fifth claim. This legal\u2064 battle between\u2064 Disney and\u200d DeSantis began when Disney publicly criticized the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act in 2022.<\/p>\n<h3>Antitrust Case of\u2064 the \u2062Century: What to Expect\u2062 as\u200d Justice Department\u2063 v. Google Case Begins<\/h3>\n<p>Last week,\u2062 Disney stated in a court filing that it\u2062 was withdrawing its first four claims from the federal\u2063 lawsuit, as they are currently being litigated in a separate state\u2062 court case. However, a\u200b federal judge informed the company that it would need to refile the motion to be considered. The initial four claims focused \u200con alleged contract clause violations, takings clause violations, due process clause violations, and a First Amendment claim related to Senate Bill\u2063 1604. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-amends-lawsuit-to-narrow-in-on-first-amendment-claims\/\" title=\"Disney modifies lawsuit to focus on First Amendment allegations.\">law overturned controversial development agreements<\/a> between Disney and former Reedy Creek Improvement District board members, which were replaced by DeSantis appointees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This federal case\u200d will \u200dtherefore\u200b address only\u2064 the current Fifth Cause\u200b of Action, not at issue in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-judge-says-governor-cant-have-runaway-democrats-arrested\/\" title=\"Texas Judge Says Governor Can\u2019t Have Runaway Democrats Arrested\">state court case<\/a>: Disney&#8217;s First Amendment challenge to the \u200cretaliatory reconstitution\u2064 of the Reedy Creek Improvement District,&#8221; stated last week&#8217;s filing.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Disney filed the lawsuit\u2062 against DeSantis, acting Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Secretary Meredith Ivey, and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District\u200d Board in the U.S.\u2063 District Court for the \u200bNorthern District of Florida. The company accused them of engaging in a &#8220;relentless \u200dcampaign to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wednesday-afternoon-update-second-american-killed-in-sudan-xi-and-zelensky-phone-call-debt-deal\/\" title=\"Wednesday Afternoon Update: Second American Killed In Sudan, Xi And Zelensky Phone Call, Debt Deal?\">weaponize government power<\/a> against Disney in retaliation for expressing\u200d a political viewpoint \u2063unpopular with certain State officials.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">here<\/a> to read\u200b more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>The term &#8220;weaponization&#8221; refers to DeSantis&#8217;s efforts to restructure the Reedy\u200c Creek Improvement District to include \u2063more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-stream-video-dominion-voting-systems-ceo-john-poulos-testifies-before-michigan-state-oversight-committee-100-pm-et\/\" title=\"LIVE-STREAM VIDEO: Dominion Voting Systems CEO John Poulos Testifies Before Michigan State Oversight Committee \u2013 1:00 PM ET\">state oversight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, U.S. District\u200b Judge Allen Winsor dismissed two motions to \u2064dismiss filed by the defendants\u200b in \u200cDisney&#8217;s lawsuit.\u2064 Instead, DeSantis, Ivey, and the board \u200dhave until September 21 to\u2064 respond to Disney&#8217;s\u200b amended\u200c complaint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amending its lawsuit, Disney now focuses solely on alleged free speech violations against Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District. 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