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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
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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