AMY MERCADO, AS PROPERTY APPRAISER
v.
WALT DISNEY PARKS AND RESORTS US, INC., SCOTT RANDOLPH, AS TAX COLLECTOR AND JIM ZINGALE, AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMMENT OF REVENUE

Fla. 6th DCA | 2026-09-08
No. 2024-2140
Turner, J., Smith, J., Mize, J., Gannam, J.
2026 FL 11639 Florida District Court of Appeal, Sixth District (2026)

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Holding

The circuit court's judgment in the property tax dispute was affirmed.


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Amy Mercado, as Property Appraiser, appealed a circuit court decision involving Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., Orange County Tax Collector …

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Per_curiam
Per Curiam

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 6D2024-2140 Lower Tribunal No. 2016-CA-005297-O

AMY MERCADO, as Property Appraiser, Appellant,

V.

WALT DISNEY PARKS AND RESORTS U.S., INC., SCOTT RANDOLPH, as Orange County Tax Collector, and JIM ZINGALE, as Executive Director of the Department of Revenue, Appellees.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County. Thomas W. Turner, Judge.

September 8, 2026

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

SMITH, MIZE and GANNAM, JJ., concur.

Kenneth P. Hazouri, of de Beaubien, Simmons, Knight, Mantzaris & Neal, LLP, Orlando, for Appellant.

Raoul G. Cantero and David W. Rifkin, of White & Case LLP, Miami, and Alan Lawson and Anthony J. Sirven, of Lawson Huck Gonzalez, PLLC, Tallahassee, for Appellee, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, U.S., Inc.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Timothy E. Dennis, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Thomas A. Pratt, Assistant Attorney General, Orlando, for Appellee, Jim Zingale, as Executive Director of the Department of Revenue.

No Appearance for Appellee, Scott Randolph, as Orange County Tax Collector.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND

DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED


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