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CISG-online number
767
Case name
Chateau des Charmes Wines Ltd. v. Sabaté USA, Inc. et al.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit)
Judges
Alex Kozinski (Circuit Judge), Betty Binns Fletcher (Circuit Judge), Stephen S. Trott (Circuit Judge)
Date of decision
05 May 2003
Case nr./docket nr.
02-15727
Claimant 1
Name
Chateau des Charmes Wines Ltd.
Place of business
Canada
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondents 2
Name
Sabaté USA, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Name
Sabaté, S.A.
Place of business
France
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Chateau des Charmes Wines Ltd. v. Sabaté USA, Inc. et al.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
USA, 12 March 2002 – 01-4203 MMC, CISG-online 4698
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
USA, 12 March 2002 – 01-4203 MMC, CISG-online 4698
Present decision reversing and remanding
Chateau des Charmes Wines Ltd. v. Sabaté USA, Inc. et al.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
USA, 10 November 2003 – C-01-4203 MMC, CISG-online 809
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
USA, 10 November 2003 – C-01-4203 MMC, CISG-online 809
Related Case
Chateau Des Charmes Wines Ltd. v. Sabaté USA, Inc.
Superior Court of Justice of Ontario
Canada, 28 October 2005 – 03-CV-261424CM 3, CISG-online 1139
Superior Court of Justice of Ontario
Canada, 28 October 2005 – 03-CV-261424CM 3, CISG-online 1139
Sellers 2
Name
Sabaté USA, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Distributor
Name
Sabaté, S.A.
Place of business
France
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
Chateau des Charmes Wines Ltd.
Place of business
Canada
Role in trade
Producer purchasing the goods as supplies for production purposes
Category of goods
63: Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)
Goods as per contract
1,200,000 wine corks
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8(3); Art. 11; Art. 14; Art. 18; Art. 19(3); Art. 29
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 3(2); Art. 23
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Formation of party agreement on dispute resolution clause
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Decision published in 5
328 Federal Reporter, Third Series (F.3d) 528 [Full text – in English]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2003), 295 [Full text – in English]
U.S. App. LEXIS (2003), 8478
Recueil Dalloz (D.) (2005), 2290–2291
Daily Journal DAR (2003), 4894
CLOUT number
576
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
030505u1
Comments on this decision 3
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 253 [– in German]
Marcia J. Staff, 'United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Lessons Learned from Five Years of Cases', 6 South Carolina Journal of International Law and Business (S.C. J. Int'l L. & Bus.) (2009), 1–52, at 8–9 [– in English]
Michael P. Van Alstine, 'The Unified Field Solution to the Battle of the Forms Under the U.N. Sales Convention', 62 William & Mary Law Review (Wm. & Mary L. Rev.) (2020), 213–286, at 272 [– in English]
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