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CISG-online number
925
Case name
Raw Materials Inc. v. Manfred Forberich GmbH & Co. KG
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Judge
Mark Filip (Magistrate Judge)
Date of decision
06 July 2004
Case nr./docket nr.
1:03-cv-01154
Claimant 1
Name
Raw Materials Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Manfred Forberich GmbH & Co. KG
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Seller 1
Name
Manfred Forberich GmbH & Co. KG
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Name
Raw Materials Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
67: Iron and steel
Goods as per contract
15,000–18,000 metric tons of used railroad (origin: Russia)
CISG applicable
yes, agreement of the parties
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 29; Art. 79
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 2
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
Delchi Carrier, SpA v. Rotorex Corp.
U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
USA, 06 December 1995 – 95-7182, 95-7186, CISG-online 140
This decision is cited by 2
Hilaturas Miel, S.L. v. Republic of Iraq
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 20 August 2008 – 06 Civ 12, CISG-online 1777
Macromex Srl. v. Globex International Inc.
American Arbitration Association – International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA/ICDR)
Arbitration, 23 October 2007 – 50181T 0036406 (Interim Award), CISG-online 1645
Editorial remark

Note that the present case has sometimes been published under the date of 7 July 2004.

CLOUT number
696
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
040706u1
Comments on this decision 6
Tobias Eckardt, Ulrich Magnus & Burghard Piltz, 'Art. 79 CISG in der internationalen Rechtsprechung. Eine Auswahl französischer, schweizerischer, belgischer, US-amerikanischer, niederländischer und spanischer Entscheidungen', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2020), 140–149, at 144 [– in German]  
Joseph Lookofsky & Harry Flechtner, 'Nominating Manfred Forberich: The Worst CISG Decision in 25 Years?', 9 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration (VJ) (2005), 199–208 [– in English]  
Francesco G. Mazzotta, 'Why Do Some American Courts Fail to Get It Right?', 3 Loyola University Chicago International Law Review (Loy. U. Chi. Int'l L. Rev.) (2005), 85–115 [– in English]  
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 765 [– 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 17–18 [– in English]  
Bruno Zeller, 'Analysis of the Cultural Homeward Trend in International Sales Law', 10(1) Victoria University Law and Justice Journal (VULJ) (2021), 131–143, at 138–139 [– in English]  
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CLOUT Abstract 696 (Language: English)
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Original language: English