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CISG-online number
43
Case name
Pratt & Whitney v. Malév Hungarian Airlines
Jurisdiction
Hungary
Court
Fővárosi Bíróság (Metropolitan Court Budapest)
Judge
Dr. Sandor Piskolti (Judge)
Date of decision
10 January 1992
Case nr./docket nr.
G.50.289/1991/32
Claimant 1
Name
United Technologies International Inc. Pratt and Whitney Commercial Engine Business
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Magyar Légi Közlekedési Vállalat (Málev Hungarian Airlines)
Place of business
Hungary
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Present decision
Pratt & Whitney v. Malév Hungarian Airlines
Legfelsőbb Bíróság (Hungarian Supreme Court)
Hungary, 25 September 1992 – Gf.I.31.349/1992/9, CISG-online 63
reversing
Seller 1
Name
United Technologies International Inc. Pratt and Whitney Commercial Engine Business
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
Magyar Légi Közlekedési Vállalat (Málev Hungarian Airlines)
Place of business
Hungary
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
71: Power-generating machinery and equipment
Goods as per contract
5 PW4000 airplane jet engines
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 2(e); Art. 3(1); Art. 8; Art. 14(1); Art. 18(1); Art. 18(2); Art. 19(1); Art. 23
Editorial remark
Szekely, Gemeinsame Anwendung von Wiener Kaufrecht und von deutschem materiellem Recht (Original published in: Friss Hirek a nemzetközi kereskedelmi jog világából, Nr. 3/1992, 29f.)
Decision published in 1
13 Journal of Law & Commerce (J.L. & Com.) (1993), 49–77 [Full text (translation) – in English]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
920110h1
Comments on this decision 4
Paul Amato, 'U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods – The Open Price Term and Uniform Application: An Early Interpretation by the Hungarian Courts', 13 Journal of Law & Commerce (J.L. & Com.) (1993), 1–29 [– in English]
Aleksandrs Fillers, 'Open-Price Contracts Under the CISG: The Law in Action', 35(2) European Business Law Review (EBLR) (2024), 263–288, at 266–267 [– in English]
Alexander Vida, 'Unwirksamkeit der Offerte wegen Unbestimmtheit nach UN-Kaufrecht (zu ungar. OG, 25.9.1992, Az. GfI. 31 349/1992)', Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (1995), 261–264 [– in German]
Fan Yang, 'CISG, CIETAC Arbitration and the Rule of Law in the P.R. of China: A Global Jurisconsultorium Perspective', in: Camilla Baasch Andersen & Ulrich G. Schroeter (eds.), Sharing International Commercial Law across National Boundaries: Festschrift for Albert H. Kritzer on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday, London: Wildy, Simmonds & Hill (2008), 600–626, at 612–614 [– in English]