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CISG-online number
851
Case name
Chicago Prime Packers, Inc. v. Northam Food Trading Co.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Judge
Geraldine Soat Brown (Magistrate Judge)
Date of decision
21 May 2004
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
Chicago Prime Packers, Inc, v. Northam Food Trading Co.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
USA, 28 May 2003 – 01 C 4447, CISG-online 796
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
USA, 28 May 2003 – 01 C 4447, CISG-online 796
Present decision
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
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(1); Art. 39(1); Art. 78
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 25; Art. 35; Art. 36(1); Art. 38(3); Art. 74
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USA, 06 December 1995 – 95-7182, 95-7186, CISG-online 140
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Netherlands, 19 December 1991 – 900336, CISG-online 29
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USA, 24 October 1989 – 89-02-00404, CISG-online 7
U.S. Court of International Trade
USA, 24 October 1989 – 89-02-00404, CISG-online 7
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Decision published in 4
320 Federal Supplement, Second Series (F. Supp. 2d) 702–717 [Full text – in English]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2004), 156–162 [Full text – in English]
2004 Westlaw (WL) 11666628 [Full text – in English]
2004 LexisNexis database for U.S. District Court cases (U.S. Dist. LEXIS) 9347 [Full text – in English]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
040521u1
Comments on this decision 4
Giovanni Bisazza, 'Interpretation of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods by having regard to foreign case law: an example from the US', European Legal Forum (EuLF) (2004), 379–383 [– in English]
Andreas Ehlers, 'Establishing a Uniform Interpretation of the CISG: A Case Study of Article 74', Nordic Journal of Commercial Law (NJCL) (2013), #2, 1–35, at 28 [– 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 530–531 [– in English]
Annabel V. Teiling, 'CISG: U.S. Court Relies on Foreign Case Law and the Internet. A note on the decision in Chicago Prime Packers v. Northam Food Trading, United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division', Uniform Law Review/Revue de droit uniforme (Unif. L. Rev.) (2004), 431–435 [– in English]
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