Loew's, Incorporated v. Don George, Inc.

HAMLIN, Justice.

By written agreements, Loew’s, Inc., a distributor of motion pictures in interstate commerce and a licensor of the right to exhibit motion pictures distributed by it, granted to Don George, Inc., the alleged owner of seven theatres, the right to exhibit various motion pictures. The agreements provided for payment of either a fixed sum (known as a flat rental) or an amount determinable by a fixed or varying percentage of the gross receipts obtained from admissions to such exhibitions (known as a percentage rental), with or without a guaranty of a minimum amount; and further…