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CISG-online number
387
Case name
Medical Marketing Int'l, Inc. v. Internazionale Medico Scientifica, S.r.l.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Judge
Stanwood R. Duval, Jr. (Sole judge)
Date of decision
17 May 1999
Case nr./docket nr.
CIV. A. 99-0380
Claimant 1
Name
Medical Marketing International, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Internazionale Medico Scientifica, S.r.l.
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Medical Marketing Int'l, Inc. v. Internazionale Medico Scientifica, S.r.l.
Ad hoc Arbitral Tribunal
Arbitration, 21 December 1998, CISG-online 1373
Present decision rejecting application to vacate (set aside) arbitral award
Seller 1
Name
Internazionale Medico Scientifica, S.r.l.
Place of business
Italy
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
Medical Marketing International, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Distributor
Category of goods
77: Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, not elsewhere specified, and electrical parts thereof (including non- electrical counterparts, not elsewhere specified, of electrical household-type equipment)
Goods as per contract
Giotto Mammography H.F. Units
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 7(1); Art. 38(2)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 25; Art. 49(1)(a)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Relevance of local standards (in buyer’s country or third country) for conformity of the goods
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
New Zealand mussels case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 08 March 1995 – VIII ZR 159/94, CISG-online 144
This decision is cited by 4
Urica, Inc. v. Pharmaplast S.A.E.
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
USA, 08 August 2014 – CV 11-02476 MMM RZX, CISG-online 2952
Smallmon v. Transport Sales Limited
Court of Appeal of New Zealand
New Zealand, 22 July 2011 – [2011] NZCA 340 / C A545/2010, CISG-online 2215
Smallmon v. Transport Sales Limited
High Court of New Zealand
New Zealand, 30 July 2010 – [2012] NZLR 109 / CIV-2009-409-000363, CISG-online 2113
Magellan Int'l Corporation v. Salzgitter Handel GmbH
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
USA, 07 December 1999 – 99 C 5153, CISG-online 439
Decision published in 2
Westlaw (WL) (1999), 311945 [Full text – in English]
1999 LexisNexis database for U.S. District Court cases (U.S. Dist. LEXIS) 7380 [Full text – in English]
CLOUT number
418
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
990517u1
Comments on this decision 8
Andrea L. Charters, 'Fitting the “Situation”: The CISG and the Regulated Market', 4 Washington University Global Studies Law Review (Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev.) (2005), 1–42, at 39 [– in English]  
Harry M. Flechtner, 'Funky Mussels, a Stolen Car, and Decrepit Used Shoes: Non-Conforming Goods and Notice thereof under the United Nations Sales Convention ("CISG")', 26 Boston University International Law Journal (B.U. Int'l L.J.) (2008), 1–28, at 8–9 [– in English]  
Monica Kilian, 'CISG and the Problem with Common Law Jurisdictions', 10 Journal of Transnational Law and Policy (J. Transnat'l L. & Policy) (2001), 217–243, at 241 [– in English]  
Marie-France Papandréou-Deterville, Recueil Dalloz (D.) (1999), Somm., 369–370 [– in French]
James P. Quinn, 'The Interpretation and Application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods', 9 International Trade and Business Law Review (ITBLR) (2004), 221–241, at 235–236 [– in English]  
Peter Schlechtriem, 'Vertragsgemäßheit der Ware und öffentlich-rechtliche Vorgaben', Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) (1999), 388–389 [– in German]
Peter Schlechtriem, 'Requirements of Application and Sphere of Applicability of the CISG', 36 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review (VUWLR) (2005), 781–794, at 790 [– in English]  
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 447 [– in German]
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Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 418 (Language: English)
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Original language: English