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CISG-online number
1272
Case name
TeeVee Toons, Inc. v. Gerhard Schubert GmbH
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Judge
Richard Conway Casey (District Judge)
Date of decision
23 August 2006
Case nr./docket nr.
00 Civ. 5189 (RCC)
Claimants 2
Name
TeeVee Toons, Inc. (doing business as TVT Records)
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Name
Steve Gottlieb, Inc. (doing business as Biobox)
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Affiliate of buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Gerhard Schubert GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
TeeVee Toons, Inc. v. Gerhard Schubert GmbH
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 28 March 2002 – 00 Civ. 5189 (RCC), CISG-online 3939
Present decision
Seller 1
Name
Gerhard Schubert GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
TeeVee Toons, Inc. (doing business as TVT Records)
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
72: Machinery specialized for particular industries
Goods as per contract
Machine for the manufacture of packaging for audio and video cassettes ("Biobox")
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
New York law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 8; Art. 35(2); Art. 74
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 36(2)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 4; Art. 7(1); Art. 29; Art. 39(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 2; Art. 3; Art. 5; Art. 6; Art. 11; Art. 45(1)(b)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Remedies under domestic law for reprehensible conduct (fraud etc.)
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This decision cites the following CISG-AC Opinion 1
CISG-AC Opinion No. 3 ‘Parol Evidence Rule, Plain Meaning Rule, Contractual Merger Clause and the CISG’ (Rapporteur: Richard Hyland), adopted by the CISG Advisory Council at its 7th meeting in Madrid (Spain) on 23 October 2004
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Decision published in 1
2006 Westlaw (WL) 2463537 [Full text – in English]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
060823u1
Comments on this decision 6
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 31 [– in English]  
Joshua D. H. Karton & Lorraine de Germiny, 'Has the CISG Advisory Council Come of Age?', 27 Berkeley Journal of International Law (Berkeley J. Int'l L.) (2009), 448–495, at 475–478 [– in English]  
Peter Schlechtriem, 'Opting out of Merger and Form Clauses under the CISG – Second thoughts on TeeVee Toons, Inc. & Steve Gottlieb, Inc. v. Gerhard Schubert GmbH', 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), 416–424 [– in English]  
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 39–40 [– in English]  
Michael P. Van Alstine, 'The Unified Field Solution to the Battle of the Forms Under the U.N. Sales Convention', 62 William & Mary Law Review (Wm. & Mary L. Rev.) (2020), 213–286, at 279 [– 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 139 [– in English]  
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