Union Travel Associates v. International Associates

Union Travel's (defendant) agreement to sell gifts in a hotel lobby permitted the hotel operator to use the space for pipes and wires, oversee Union's staffing and solicitation, substitute the space for an equivalent area at any time, and terminate the arrangement without liability if the hotel were sold; after the hotel was sold to International Associates (plaintiff), International sued for possession of the gift-shop area, and Union argued the agreement was actually an unassignable, non-unilaterally-revocable lease, but the trial court ruled for International.