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CISG-online number
7334
Case name
Anhui Joyful Manufacturing & Trading Co., Ltd. et al. v. M.I.S.S. Sportswear Inc. et al.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Judge
P. Kevin Castel (District Judge)
Date of decision
21 March 2025
Case nr./docket nr.
23-cv-8070 (PKC)
Claimants 2
Name
Anhui Joyful Manufacturing & Trading Co., Ltd.
Place of business
China
Role in transaction
Seller
Name
Anhui Import and Export Co., Ltd.
Place of business
China
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondents 2
Name
M.I.S.S. Sportswear Inc.
Place of business
USA
Name
The Miss Group
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Sellers 2
Name
Anhui Joyful Manufacturing & Trading Co., Ltd.
Place of business
China
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Name
Anhui Import and Export Co., Ltd.
Place of business
China
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
The Miss Group
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
84: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
Goods as per contract
Various garments (rayon or spandex dresses, polyester tops and T-shirts, rayon or spandex tops)
CISG applicable
no, Art. 6 (implicit exclusion by parties’ pleadings during court proceedings)
(Domestic) law applied in addition
New York law
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 6
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Preemption of parol evidence rule; Procedural law limitations to reliance on the CISG
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 6
Xiamen ITG Group Corp., Ltd. v. Peace Bird Trading Corp. et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
USA, 30 August 2024 – 19-CV-6524 (DLI) (ST), CISG-online 7182
Transmar Commodity Group Ltd. v. Cooperativa Agraria Industrial Naranjillo Ltda.
U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
USA, 09 May 2018 – 16-3532-cv, CISG-online 3060
Rienzi & Sons, Inc. v. Puglisi
U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
USA, 10 February 2016 – 15-791-cv, CISG-online 2815
Weihai Textile Group v. Level 8 Apparel, LLC et al.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 28 March 2014 – 11 Civ. 4405(ALC)(FM), CISG-online 2923
Cedar Petrochemicals, Inc. v. Dongbu Hannong Chemical Co., Ltd.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 28 September 2011 – 06 Civ. 3972 (LTS)(JCF), CISG-online 2338
Ho Myung Moolsan, Co. Ltd. v. Manitou Mineral Water, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 02 December 2010 – 07 Civ. 07483 (RJH), CISG-online 2170
Editorial remark
by Ulrich G. Schroeter

In the present decision, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York found that the Chinese sellers (Claimants) and the U.S. buyers (Respondents) had implicitly waived the CISG's application by initially relying exclusively on New York law (including its parol evidence rule) in their arguments and not invoking the CISG before the summary judgment stage (paras. 21–27 of the present decision).

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