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GlobeSt.com UPDATE: December Trial Set in Universal Timeshare Land Squabble

ORLANDO-In one of the most bizarre property disputes seen locally in decades, 90-year-old Clarence Moore and his lawyers have failed to settle a seven-year argument over a two-acre tract the theme park needs for the development of a 70-acre, $100 million vacation ownership venture and a championship 18-hole golf course.

By Alex Finkelstein | Updated on November 01, 2001

ORLANDO-Universal Orlando, a multi-billion-dollar entertainment company, and Clarence Moore, a 90-year-old, retired citrus grove worker living out his years on a meager Social Security allotment, are headed for Orange Circuit Court in December to try for the final time to resolve a seven-year land dispute.

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.

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