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CISG-online number
628
Case name
Roland Schmidt GmbH v. Textil-Werke Blumenegg AG
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Chamber
1. Zivilabteilung (1st department for civil matters)
Judges
Hans Peter Walter (Presiding Judge), Bernard Corboz (Judge), Franz Nyffeler (Judge), Kathrin Klett (Judge), Vera Rottenberg Liatowitsch (Judge), Huguenin (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
22 December 2000
Case nr./docket nr.
4C.296/2000
Claimant 1
Name
Roland Schmidt GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Textil-Werke Blumenegg AG
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Roland Schmidt GmbH v. Textil-Werke Blumenegg AG
Handelsgericht des Kantons St. Gallen (Commercial Court Canton St. Gallen)
Switzerland, 21 August 2000, CISG-online 3063
Present decision affirming
Seller 1
Name
Textil-Werke Blumenegg AG
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in trade
Owner of used goods
Buyer 1
Name
Roland Schmidt GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
72: Machinery specialized for particular industries
Goods as per contract
Used textile machine (Rotationsdruckmaschine "Stork" RDIV Airflow A 640.000) with equipment
Price
233'000.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Swiss law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 8(2); Art. 35(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 4(a) (mistake)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Remedies under domestic law (notably rescission of contract, claim for damages) because of party's mistake (error) at contract formation
This decision is cited by 2
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Switzerland, 28 May 2019 – 4A_543/2018, CISG-online 4463
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Decision published in 1
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (2002), 140–142 [Abstract – in German]
CLOUT number
877
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
001222s1
Comments on this decision 3
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 25 [– 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, at 394–395 [– in English]  
Djakhongir Saidov, 'Article 35 of the CISG: Reflecting on the Present and Thinking about the Future', 58 Villanova Law Review (Vill. L. Rev.) (2013), 529–552, at 532–533 [– in English]  
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 877 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
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Ruth M. Janal & Daniel Nagel