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CISG-online number
772
Case name
Ajax Tool Works, Inc. v. Can-Eng Manufacturing Ltd.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Judge
James F. Holderman (District Judge)
Date of decision
29 January 2003
Case nr./docket nr.
01 C 5938
Claimant 1
Name
Ajax Tool Works, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Can-Eng Manufacturing Ltd.
Place of business
Canada
Role in transaction
Seller
Seller 1
Name
Can-Eng Manufacturing Ltd.
Place of business
Canada
Buyer 1
Name
Ajax Tool Works, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Category of goods
74: General industrial machinery and equipment, not elsewhere specified, and machine parts, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Fluidized bed furnace
Price
90'000.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 6; Art. 7; Art. 35; Art. 74
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1; Art. 30
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Burden of proof
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Decision published in 2
2003 Westlaw (WL) 223187 [Full text – in English]
2003 LexisNexis database for U.S. District Court cases (U.S. Dist. LEXIS) 1306 [Full text – in English]
CLOUT number
574
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
030129u1
Comments on this decision 3
Elizabeth R. Conway, 'Implied Exclusions, Implicit Waivers and Imputed Forfeiture of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)', 22 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration (VJ) (2018), 126–143, at 139–140 [– 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 518–519 [– in English]  
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 26–27 [– in English]  
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Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 574 (Language: English)
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Original language: English