Disney’s new oversight board voted on May 1 to sue the giant entertainment corporation in state court and to defend itself against the company’s federal lawsuit.
Meanwhile, in Florida’s Northern District federal court, U.S. Magistrate Judge Martin Fitzpatrick recused himself on April 28 from Disney’s lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, citing a conflict of interest.
Fitzpatrick said a relative works for one of the two parties.
The case in which Disney charges DeSantis with unlawfully retaliating against the company for exercising its speech rights will be reassigned.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) waves to journalists as his wife Casey (L) looks on after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the latter’s official residence in Tokyo, on April 24, 2023. (Kimimasa Mayama/AFP via Getty Images)
At a brief meeting in Lake Buena Vista on May 1, members of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board voted unanimously to sue to enforce their actions to undo Disney’s 11th-hour development agreements with the old board just before it went out of existence….