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CISG-online number
1026
Case name
Chicago Prime Packers, Inc. v. Northam Food Trading Co.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals (7th Circuit)
Judges
Joel M. Flaum (Chief Judge), Ann Claire Williams (Circuit Judge), Terence T. Evans (Circuit Judge)
Date of decision
23 May 2005
Case nr./docket nr.
04-2551
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
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
Present decision
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. 35; Art. 36(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 7(2); Art. 66; Art. 67(1)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Burden of proof
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Decision published in 3
408 Federal Reporter, Third Series (F.3d) 894 [Full text – in English]
2005 Westlaw (WL) 1243344 [Full text – in English]
2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 9355 [Full text – in English]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
050523u1
Comments on this decision 4
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 531 [– in English]  
Shani Salama, 'Pragmatic Responses to Interpretive Impediments: Article 7 of the CISG, an Inter-American Application', 38(1) University of Miami Inter-American Law Review (U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev.) (2006), 225–250, at 248–249 [– in English]  
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 127 [– 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 10–11 [– in English]  
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