Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. v. Antioch Theatre Co.

This suit was brought by nine motion picture distributors, each with a branch office in the city of Chicago, for an accounting to recover additional percentage license fees from defendants for underreporting the gross admission receipts of the latters’ movie theaters. After determining that the plaintiffs were entitled to an accounting, the trial court heard evidence as to damages. On November 6, 1974, the court entered judgment in favor of plaintiffs and against defendants in the sum of *79,290.63 in additional license fees and *12,372.72 in interest, a total of *91,663.35. Subsequently the court…