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CISG-online number
310
Case name
Cashmere clothing case
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht München (Court of Appeal Munich)
Chamber
7. Zivilsenat (7th panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
11 March 1998
Case nr./docket nr.
7 U 4427/97
Claimant 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondents 2
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer's personally liable shareholder
Case History
Cashmere clothing case
Landgericht München I (District Court Munich I)
Germany, 23 June 1997 – 11 HKO 5713/97, CISG-online 394
Present decision affirming in part, reversing in part
Seller 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
84: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
Goods as per contract
2,784 pieces of cashmere clothing
Price
467'158.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
German law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 4(a); Art. 18; Art. 19; Art. 38(1); Art. 39(1); Art. 40; Art. 78
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 49; Art. 50; Art. 53
This decision is cited by 3
Business cards case
Cour de Justice de Genève (Court of Appeal Canton Geneva)
Switzerland, 20 January 2006 – C/27176/2001 / ACJC/47/2006, CISG-online 1504
Paprika powder case II
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 30 June 2004 – VIII ZR 321/03, CISG-online 847
Al Palazzo S.r.l. v. Bernardaud S.A.
Tribunale di Rimini (District Court Rimini)
Italy, 26 November 2002 – 3095, CISG-online 737
Decision published in 2
OLG-Report (OLGR) München (1998), 298–299
Transportrecht – Beilage Internationales Handelsrecht (TranspR-IHR) (1999), 20–22
CLOUT number
232
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
980311g1
Comments on this decision 3
Morten M. Fogt, 'The Knowledge Test Under the CISG – A Global Threefold Distinction of Negligence, Gross Negligence and De Facto Knowledge', 34 Journal of Law & Commerce (J.L. & Com.) (2015), 23–111, at 71–72 [– in English]  
Peter Schlechtriem, 'Anmerkung zu OLG München, 11.3.1998 – 7 U 4427/97', Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht (EWiR) (1998), 549–550 [– in German]  
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 349 [– in German]
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 232 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
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Ruth M. Janal