The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District has filed a response to Disney’s request for a 75-day continuance in a state-level court battle.
In an October filing, Disney asked for a continuance of 75 days in its state-level court battle with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ Central Florida Tourism Oversight District. Disney argued that the District was “dodging obligations” to produce documents that Disney needed to construct its case. Disney provided a timeline of missed deadlines from the District as it related to discovery in the case.
Ahead of a court hearing, the District has filed a response in opposition to Disney’s request for a continuance. In the response, the District argues “no amount of discovery will make a difference” because the District says that it is asking for summary judgment on what it claims are undisputed violations of law.
The District argues that there are multiple infirmities with the Agreements that were entered into between Disney and the previous Reedy Creek Improvement District Board of Supervisors. Instead of abiding by the long term development contracts, the new DeSantis-controlled Board is pointing to things like snail mail notices that it says weren’t sent to third-party land owners within the District before the Agreements were entered into.
Disney made dozens of discovery requests that it says the District has filed to produce properly. There are still multiple discovery requests pending.
Disney and the CFTOD will sit in front of a judge this afternoon to determine if a continuance in the case will be granted.
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