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CISG-online number
113
Case name
Delchi Carrier S.p.A. v. Rotorex Corp.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
Judge
Howard G. Munson (Senior District Judge)
Date of decision
07 September 1994
Case nr./docket nr.
88-CV-1078
Claimant 1
Name
Delchi Carrier S.p.A.
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Rotorex Corporation
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Present decision
Delchi Carrier, SpA v. Rotorex Corp.
U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
USA, 06 December 1995 – 95-7182, 95-7186, CISG-online 140
reversing and remanding in part, affirming in part
Seller 1
Name
Rotorex Corporation
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
Delchi Carrier S.p.A.
Place of business
Italy
Role in trade
Manufacturer purchasing goods as supplies for production purposes
Category of goods
74: General industrial machinery and equipment, not elsewhere specified, and machine parts, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
10,800 compressors for air conditioners (Rotorex model K39A593A)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 7(1); Art. 7(2); Art. 74; Art. 78
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 75; Art. 77
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 2
Filanto S.p.A. v. Chilewich Int'l Corp.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 14 April 1992 – 91 CIV 3253 (CLB), CISG-online 45
Orbisphere Corp. v. United States
U.S. Court of International Trade
USA, 24 October 1989 – 89-02-00404, CISG-online 7
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Editorial remark

Some databases list the present decision under the date 9 September 1994, the date on which the decision (decided on 7 September 1994) was filed.

Decision published in 5
1994 Westlaw (WL) 495787 [Full text – in English]
1994 LexisNexis database for U.S. District Court cases (U.S. Dist. LEXIS) 12820 [Full text – in English]
Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales/International Business Law Journal (RDAI/IBLJ) (1995), 753 [Abstract – in French]
Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (Dir. com. int.) (1995), No. 81, 459–460 [Abstract – in Italian]
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (1996), 54–55 [Abstract – in German]
CLOUT number
85
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
940909u1
Comments on this decision 6
Volker Behr, 'The Sales Convention in Europe: From Problems in Drafting to Problems in Practice', 17 Journal of Law & Commerce (J.L. & Com.) (1998), 263–299, at 266–267 [– in English]
Joanne M. Darkey, 'A U.S. Court's Interpretation of Damage Provisions under the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: A Preliminary Step towards an International Jurisprudence of CISG or a Missed Opportunity?', 15 Journal of Law & Commerce (J.L. & Com.) (1995), 139–152 [– in English]
Andreas Ehlers, 'Establishing a Uniform Interpretation of the CISG: A Case Study of Article 74', Nordic Journal of Commercial Law (NJCL) (2013), #2, 1–35, at 30–31 [– in English]  
John P. McMahon, 'Is a Post-Breach Decline in the Value of Currency an Article 74 CISG „Loss“?', 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), 347–360, at 355 [– in English]  
Djakhongir Saidov, 'Methods of Limiting Damages under the Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods', 14 Pace International Law Review (Pace Int'l L. Rev.) (2002), 307–377, at 322–323 [– in English]  
Eric C. Schneider, 'Consequential Damages in the International Sale of Goods: Analysis of Two Decisions', 16 Journal of International Business Law (J. Int'l Bus. L.) (1995), 615–668 [– in English]  
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 85 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: English