Judge Now Finds Both DeSantis and Disney Are Being Unreasonable
Find out why a judge finds both sides of this battle unreasonable and what this may mean for the legal dispute.
Legal Dispute
The past year has been turbulent between the state of Florida and The Walt Disney Company. It all started when Florida passed the Parental Rights in Education Law in 2022. The Walt Disney Company originally remained quiet surrounding this bill despite pleas from employees and fans for them to take an official stance.
Tension built until then-CEO Bob Chapek denounced the bill, but many believed it was too little, too late. The tension between the company and the state continued to worsen as state Republicans repealed the Reedy Creek Improvement Act of 1967. This brought big operational changes to how Walt Disney World operates.
Bob Iger stated that although The Walt Disney Company did not handle the response to the Parental Rights in Education Law in the best way, he does feel that DeSantis is punishing the Walt Disney Company for practicing free speech.
The Walt Disney Company filed a lawsuit against DeSantis in April. Over the past several weeks both sides have fired back and forth with DeSantis trying to receive immunity from this legal battle.
Judge Ruling
Now Judge Allen Winsor makes a bold statement in this case. Judge Winsor finds that both Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company are both begin unreasonable in providing a timeline for this trial.
In an earlier filing, Disney asked for a July 2024 court date. However, Desantis' team wants to push the start of the trial to August 2025. Both sides presented a timeline to prepare for the trial.
At the end of July, Judge Winsor stated, "It is not clear that either proposal is reasonable under the circumstances." The next step in this ongoing legal battle is a pending Motion to Dismiss briefing set for August 9, 2023.
This Motion to Dismiss must first be resolved before a litigation schedule may be formed by either side.
At the end of July, Judge Winsor stated, "It is not clear that either proposal is reasonable under the circumstances."
What do you think of this ongoing legal dispute? Do you think either timeline is reasonable in this case? How do you think this may affect the 2024 election campaign? Share your thoughts with us and share this news with a fellow Disney pal.
I agree with you wholeheartedly. I would like to add, that because Desantis is doing a whole lot of bad for not only Disney but Florida as well. I personally believe he needs to be pushed out of office before he causes more damage. .
This is eventually going to hurt some of the citizens of Florida more then deSantis or Disney. They need to settle their differences, let Reddy Creek get back to doing what it is suppose to do. The new organization is harming Disney especially if they don't know what they are doing.
I don't think this case should be dragged out,as it would be harmful to Disney operations staying as it is & they should be allowed to move forward as they have been & not be putting a strain on Florida with thousands of jobs moving out & the thousands coming into Disneys expansion. The sooner the nonsense is ended the better for both Disney & Florida. DeSantis won't be in office anymore after this stunt anyway,his terms are up
I wonder what DeSantis' requirements were for nominating the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board members after they sacked the reedy creek improvement district. I bet he just nominated people who would just go with his plan and clearly it's biased.
DESANTIS SCREW UP TAKING ON DISNEY THERE A LOT OF DISNEY FANS AND HIS PRESIDENT RUN IS SHOWING UP WITH HIS RT WING POLITICS AND EVERYTHING ELCE HE DOING LOVING TO WATCH HIM DESTROY HIS CAREER
I think the court should speed things up! Never mind waiting another year or two!
Everything should return to the beginning like it was with reedy Creek deal that saved Florida as have other deals still in tact. Court should be held asap and stop this political and vindictive nonsense by Desamtis and any one else. People can disagree withhout this costly foolishness on the tax payers ' $. Fix our. Needy state let Disney take care of Disney's choices.
I think Desantis is a little boy in a man's suit. Making law's that are against all reality. He is not government material. He couldn't run a popsicle stand. Florida is off my list of places to visit. A disgrace to this great nation!!!!!!
I totally agree with your statement. Governor Desantis is using his office and the election to get out of this suit.
So true. I agree!
DeSantis brought it on himself. So he shouldn't get to have the court date set so far. It should be a speedy trial and the judge should void all of DeSantis law's and give Disney back his contract that they had before DeSantis illegally voided and his disgrace board. It's sad how a imature governor abuse's his power. I feel alot of things DeSantis has done is illegal.