Disney Ends Its Fight With DeSantis Over Resort Development
Posted on AllSides March 27th, 2024
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Todd Anderson for The New York Times
In a stunning turn, the Walt Disney Company dropped its fight against Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida for control over $17 billion in planned development at the Disney World theme park complex near Orlando.
Disney’s capitulation followed a legal setback in January, when a federal judge threw out a Disney lawsuit claiming that Mr. DeSantis and his allies had violated the First Amendment by taking over a special tax district that encompasses the company’s 25,000-acre Florida resort, which employs roughly 75,000 people.
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