A federal decide on Wednesday dismissed Disney’s free speech lawsuit in opposition to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, leaving the corporate’s remaining hopes of regaining management of the district that governs Walt Disney World to a separate state court docket problem.
U.S. District Choose Allen Winsor in Tallahassee stated in his resolution that Disney lacked standing in its First Modification lawsuit in opposition to the Republican governor and his appointees to the Disney World governing district. The separate lawsuit remains to be pending in state court docket in Orlando.
The feud between DeSantis and Disney began in 2022 after the corporate publicly opposed the state’s so-called don’t say gay law, which banned classroom classes on sexual orientation and gender identification in early grades.
The regulation was championed by DeSantis, who not too long ago suspended his marketing campaign for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. In retaliation for Disney objecting to the regulation, DeSantis and Republican legislators took over the district Disney had managed for greater than 5 many years and put in 5 board members loyal to the governor.
