In a last-ditch, out-of-court settlement attempt, Moore and Universal failed to settle the argument at an Oct. 31 mediation session.

The dispute is holding up development of a 70-acre, $100 million timeshare venture and championship 18-hole golf course Universal had long planned for the southwest Orlando site.

The 1994 lawsuit alleges Universal fraudulently bought Moore's prime two acres off Turkey Lake Road from his granddaughter, Mary Jean Smith-Snagg of Oakland, CA, who told Universal she owned the land.

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