The ruling was issued in one of two cases that will decide the company's authority to oversee development around Disney World.
has lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the validity of a development agreement that transferred the powers of its now-dissolved special district back to the company before Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis assumed control of the board.
In an order issued on Friday, a Florida judge rejected Disney’s arguments that the suit was made moot by a state law and that the case should not be allowed to move forward. “Because this case is not moot and a stay is not proper, the Court hereby denies Disney’s Motion to Dismiss or, in the Alternative, to Stay this Action,” wrote 9th Judicial Circuit judge Margaret Schreiber in an order issued on Friday.
The lawsuit, filed in May in the state court covering Florida’s Orange and Osceola counties, accused the entertainment giant of covertly cobbling together a “series of eleventh-hour deals” to illicitly retain the powers that allowed it to oversee development around its sprawling theme park. “Today’s decision has no bearing on our lawsuit in federal court to vindicate Disney’s constitutional rights, and we are fully confident Disney will prevail in both the federal and state cases,” said a Disney spokesperson in a statement.
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