Stanley Gold responded by resigning from the board and requesting the other board members oust Eisner.

Among them are Mr. Disney and Stanley Gold, whose Shamrock Holdings is the investment arm for the Disney family.

She was owned by Jacks Or Better Farm and trained by Stanley Gold.

Another member of the committee, George Mitchell, a former senator from Maine, will now be its co-chairman along with Stanley Gold.

Roy was its chairman, and Stanley Gold its President/CEO.

In consultation with his financial adviser, Stanley Gold, a Hollywood attorney, Roy decided to go "all the way in."

Still, Stanley Gold, Shamrock's president, is not quite willing to admit defeat: "I wouldn't say 'dead,' " he said in an interview.

Stanley Gold and Roy Disney, who resigned as directors last year, are also scheduled to testify this week.

They include the dissident former board members Stanley Gold and Roy Disney, the nephew of the company's founder, who do not support Mr. Iger.

But for Stanley Gold and Roy E. Disney, two dissident former board members, Mr. Eisner's departure could not come soon enough.