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CISG-online number
948
Case name
Cherubino Valsangiacomo, S.A. v. American Juice Import, Inc.
Jurisdiction
Spain
Court
Audiencia Provincial de Valencia (Court of Appeal Valencia)
Chamber
Sección 6ª (6th section)
Judge
Vicente Ortega Llorca (Reporting judge)
Date of decision
07 June 2003
Case nr./docket nr.
142/2003
Claimant 1
Name
Cherubino Valsangiacomo, S.A.
Place of business
Spain
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Americana Juice Import, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Cherubino Valsangiacomo, S.A. v. Americana Juice Import, Inc.
Juzgado de Primera Instancia No. 16 de Valencia (Court of First Instance No. 16 of Valencia)
Spain, 02 December 2002, CISG-online 3437
Present decision
Americana Juice Import, Inc. v. Cherubino Valsangiacomo, S.A.
Tribunal Supremo (Spanish Supreme Court)
Spain, 09 December 2008 – 2212/2003, CISG-online 2100
Seller 1
Name
Cherubino Valsangiacomo, S.A.
Place of business
Spain
Buyer 1
Name
Americana Juice Import, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Category of goods
5: Vegetables and fruit
Goods as per contract
1,500 tons (297,000 gallons) of concentrated grape must
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 7(1); Art. 39(1)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 33
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 2; Art. 3; Art. 7(2); Art. 10; Art. 38; Art. 40
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 74; Art. 75
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Burden of proof
Legal issues regarding Incoterms addressed
Effect on buyer’s duty to examine the goods under Art. 38 CISG; Effect on buyer's obligations under a CISG contract; Effect on seller's obligations under a CISG contract
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 3
Macedonian lambskin coats case
Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich (Commercial Court Canton Zurich)
Switzerland, 30 November 1998 – HG 930634, CISG-online 415
Shirts case
Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Court of Appeal Düsseldorf)
Germany, 10 February 1994 – 6 U 32/93, CISG-online 116
Fallini Stefano & Co. snc v. Fordic BV
Rechtbank Roermond (District Court Roermond)
Netherlands, 19 December 1991 – 900336, CISG-online 29
This decision is cited by 2
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Spain, 24 June 2015 – 737/2014 / 257/2015, CISG-online 5883
CLOUT number
549
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
030607s4
Comment on this decision 1
Pilar Perales Viscasillas, 'CISG Case Law in Spain (2004–2006)', in: Camilla Baasch Andersen & Ulrich G. Schroeter (eds.), Sharing International Commercial Law across National Boundaries: Festschrift for Albert H. Kritzer on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday, London: Wildy, Simmonds & Hill (2008), 377–393, at 379–380 [– in English]
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 549 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: Spanish