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CISG-online number
625
Case name
Schmitz-Werke GmbH & Co. v. Rockland Industries, Inc.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals (4th Circuit)
Judges
Hiram Emory Widener, Jr. (Circuit Judge), Robert B. King (Circuit Judge), William L. Garwood (Circuit Judge)
Date of decision
21 June 2002
Case nr./docket nr.
00-1125
Claimant 1
Name
Schmitz-Werke GmbH & Co.
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondents 2
Name
Rockland Industries, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Name
Rockland International FSC, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Schmitz-Werke GmbH & Co. v. Rockland Industries, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
USA, 30 December 1999 – 1:97-cv-04353-CCB, CISG-online 3698
Present decision
Sellers 2
Name
Rockland Industries, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Name
Rockland International FSC, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
Schmitz-Werke GmbH & Co.
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
65: Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, not elsewhere specified, and related products
Goods as per contract
Drapery fabric "Trevira Blackout FR"
CISG applicable
yes, agreement of the parties
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Maryland law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 7(1); Art. 35(2)(b)
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 35(2)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 7(2)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(a)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Burden of proof; Currency of payment
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 2
Calzaturificio Claudia s.n.c. v. Olivieri Footwear Ltd.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 06 April 1998 – 96 Civ. 8052(HB)(THK), CISG-online 440
Delchi Carrier, SpA v. Rotorex Corp.
U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
USA, 06 December 1995 – 95-7182, 95-7186, CISG-online 140
This decision is cited by 6
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U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
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Dongguan Jianqun Shoes Company, Ltd. v. Consolidated Shoe Company, Inc. et al.
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MVP Enterprises L.L.C. v. Maratek Environmental Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
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Realturf Systems, S.L. v. Eurograss, Inc.
Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit (Miami-Dade County) of the State of Florida
USA, 18 March 2019 – 2014-CA-018348, CISG-online 6730
Profi-Parkiet sp. z o.o. v. Seneca Hardwoods LLC
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
USA, 23 May 2014 – 13 CV 4358 (PKC)(LB), CISG-online 2924
Instalaciones y Fabricaciones Industriales, S.A. v. PM di Pizzolato Giorgio & C., S.A.S.
Juzgado de Primera Instancia No. 1 de Fuenlabrada (Court of First Instance No. 1 of Fuenlabrada)
Spain, 11 May 2012 – 398/2011 / 114/2012, CISG-online 2464
Decision published in 4
37 Federal Appendix (Fed.Appx.) 687 [Full text – in English]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2003), 292–295 [Full text – in English]
2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 12336 [Full text – in English]
2002 Westlaw (WL) 1357095 [Full text – in English]
CLOUT number
580
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
020621u1
Comments on this decision 6
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 30 [– in English]  
Larry A. DiMatteo, Lucien Dhooge, Stephanie Greene, Virginia Maurer & Marisa Pagnattaro, 'The Interpretive Turn in International Sales Law: An Analysis of Fifteen Years of CISG Jurisprudence', 34 Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business (Nw. J. Int'l L. & Bus) (2004), 299–440 [– in English]  
Jeffrey R. Hartwig, 'Schmitz-Werke & Co. v. Rockland Industries Inc. and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG): Diffidence and developing International Legal Norms', 22 Journal of Law & Commerce (J.L. & Com.) (2003), 77–98 [– in English]
Sonja A. Kruisinga, (Non-)conformity in the 1980 UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: A Uniform Concept?, Cambridge: Intersentia (2004), at 178 [– 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 354–355 [– in English]  
Marlyse McQuillen, 'The Development of a Federal CISG Common Law in U.S. Courts: Patterns of Interpretation and Citation', 61 University of Miami Law Review (U. Miami L. Rev.) (2007), 509–537, at 532–533 [– in English]  
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Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 580 (Language: English)
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Original language: English