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CISG-online number
796
Case name
Chicago Prime Packers, Inc, v. Northam Food Trading Co.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Date of decision
28 May 2003
Case nr./docket nr.
01 C 4447
Claimant 1
Name
Chicago Prime Packers, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondents 2
Name
Northam Food Trading Co.
Place of business
Canada
Role in transaction
Buyer
Name
Nationwide Foods, Inc. (doing business as Brookfield Farms)
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Producer of the goods sold (not party to the international sales contract)
Case History
Present decision
Chicago Prime Packers, Inc. v. Northam Food Trading Co.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
USA, 21 May 2004 – 01 C 4447, CISG-online 851
Chicago Prime Packers, Inc. v. Northam Food Trading Co.
U.S. Court of Appeals (7th Circuit)
USA, 23 May 2005 – 04-2551, CISG-online 1026
Seller 1
Name
Chicago Prime Packers, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Name
Northam Food Trading Co.
Place of business
Canada
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
1: Meat and meat preparations
Goods as per contract
40,500 pounds of blast-frozen pork back ribs
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 38; Art. 39
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 1(1)(a)
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 5
Ajax Tool Works, Inc. v. Can-Eng Manufacturing Ltd.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
USA, 29 January 2003 – 01 C 5938, CISG-online 772
Usinor Industeel v. Leeco Steel Products, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
USA, 28 March 2002 – 02 C 0540, CISG-online 696
Shuttle Packaging Systems, L.L.C. v. Jacob Tsonakis, INA S.A. et al.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
USA, 17 December 2001 – 1:01-CV-691, CISG-online 773
Delchi Carrier, SpA v. Rotorex Corp.
U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
USA, 06 December 1995 – 95-7182, 95-7186, CISG-online 140
Orbisphere Corp. v. United States
U.S. Court of International Trade
USA, 24 October 1989 – 89-02-00404, CISG-online 7
This decision is cited by 2
Caterpillar, Inc. et al. v. Usinor Industeel et al.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
USA, 30 March 2005 – 04 C 2474, CISG-online 1007
Chicago Prime Packers, Inc. v. Northam Food Trading Co.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
USA, 21 May 2004 – 01 C 4447, CISG-online 851
Decision published in 2
2003 LexisNexis database for U.S. District Court cases (U.S. Dist. LEXIS) 9122 [Full text – in English]
2003 Westlaw (WL) 21254261 [Full text – in English]
CLOUT number
577
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
030528u1
Comment on this decision 1
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 530 [– in English]  
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 577 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: English