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CISG-online number
1314
Case name
Imperial Bathroom Company v. Sanitari Possi S.p.A.
Jurisdiction
Italy
Court
Corte Suprema di Cassazione (Italian Supreme Court)
Chamber
Sezioni Unite (Joint Chambers)
Date of decision
14 December 1999
Case nr./docket nr.
895
Claimant 1
Name
Sanitari Possi S.p.A.
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Imperial Bathroom Company
Place of business
United Kingdom
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Name
Sanitari Possi S.p.A.
Place of business
Italy
Buyer 1
Name
Imperial Bathroom Company
Place of business
United Kingdom
Category of goods
89: Miscellaneous manufactured articles, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Manufactured goods (no further specification)
CISG applicable
yes, due to the applicability of the law of a CISG Contracting State
CISG applied
yes, in order to determine the Italian courts' jurisdiction over a dispute concerning a distribution agreement
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Italian law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 57(1)(a)
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 1; Art. 3
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Distribution agreement
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
AMC di Ariotti e Giacomini S.n.c. v. Zimm & Söhne GmbH
Corte Suprema di Cassazione (Italian Supreme Court)
Italy, 07 August 1998 – 7759, CISG-online 538
Decision published in 1
Giustizia civile (Giust. civ.) (2000), 2333–2334
CLOUT number
379
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
991214i3
Comments on this decision 3
Franco Ferrari, 'Contratti di distribuzione, ambito di applicazione ratione materiae della Convenzione di Vienna del 1980: gli insegnamenti che si possono trarre dalla giurisprudenza straniera', Giustizia civile (Giust. civ.) (2000), 2334–2342 [– in Italian]
Franco Ferrari, 'Distribution agreements as a contract type not falling under the Vienna Sales Convention. or how the Italian Court of Cassation could have avoided a grave error', European Legal Forum (EuLF) (2000/01), 7–10 [– in English]
Franco Ferrari, 'Der Vertriebsvertrag als vom UN-Kaufrechtsübereinkommen (nicht) erfaßter Vertragstyp, oder wie der italienische Kassationshof einen groben Fehler hätte vermeiden können', European Legal Forum (EuLF) (2000/01), 7–11 [– in German]
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 379 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: Italian