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CISG-online number
5175
Case name
CITGO Petroleum Corp. v. Odfjell Seachem et al.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Chamber
Houston Division
Judge
Gray H. Miller (District Judge)
Date of decision
23 May 2013
Case nr./docket nr.
H-07-2950
Claimant 1
Name
CITGO Petroleum Corporation
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Sub-buyer of part of the goods (not party to the international sales contract)
Respondents 2
Name
Odfjell Seachem A/S
Place of business
Norway
Role in transaction
Shipping company providing ships to be chartered by seller's corporate family
Name
YPF, S.A.
Place of business
Argentina
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Present decision
CITGO Petroleum Corp. v. Odfjell Seachem et al.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
USA, 10 December 2014 – H-07-2950, CISG-online 2612
Seller 1
Name
YPF, S.A.
Place of business
Argentina
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Name
Tricon Energy, Ltd.
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
51: Organic chemicals
Goods as per contract
4,000 metric tons of cyclohexane
Price
4'450'796.11 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 32(2); Art. 70
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 9(2); Art. 18(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 25; Art. 36(1); Art. 38; Art. 39; Art. 40; Art. 66-69; Art. 79
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 29(1)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Procedural law limitations to reliance on the CISG; Relationship of CISG to contractual liability/remedies under domestic law
Legal issues regarding Incoterms addressed
Effect on seller's obligations under a CISG contract; Incoterms as international trade usage (Art. 9(2) CISG)
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 2
Forestal Guarani S.A. v. Daros Int'l, Inc.
U.S. Court of Appeals (3rd Circuit)
USA, 21 July 2010 – 08-4488, CISG-online 2112
BP Oil International, Ltd. v. Empresa Estatal Petroleos de Ecuador (PetroEcuador)
U.S. Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
USA, 11 June 2003 – 02-20166, CISG-online 730
This decision is cited by 3
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U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
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USA, 08 April 2020 – 4:17-cv-00410, CISG-online 5172
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Decision published in 1
2013 Westlaw (WL) 2289951 [Full text – in English]
Comment on this decision 1
Elizabeth R. Conway, 'Implied Exclusions, Implicit Waivers and Imputed Forfeiture of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)', 22 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration (VJ) (2018), 126–143, at 140 [– in English]
Full text of decision 1
Full text of decision
Original language: English