Monday afternoon, the legal counsel for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis filed a Motion to Dismiss the federal lawsuit Disney World filed against him. The 27-page motion requests that the court dismiss the entire complaint or, at the very least, dismiss the claims against the State Defendants. Walt Disney Parks & Resorts filed suit against DeSantis and board members of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, claiming that DeSantis is essentially using his government position to retaliate against and punish Disney for exercising its First Amendment rights.

In the lawsuit, the State argues that the Reedy Creek Improvement District deal offered Disney “carte blanche to govern itself.” The State said that Disney pushed “a series of collusive agreements between itself and its puppet RCID board” in the “waning days of the corporate kingdom.” The State calls Disney’s claims of retaliation from DeSantis “meritless for many reasons.” The State says that DeSantis and the Secretary of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity are “immune from suit” as the court lacks jurisdiction over those two defendants. The State also says that Disney lacks standing to sue either of them as they don’t enforce any of the laws Disney is taking issue with. The State is also claiming legislative immunity for DeSantis.

You can read the full motion below.

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