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CISG-online number
1510
Case name
Valero Marketing & Supply Co. v. Greeni Oy
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals (3rd Circuit)
Judges
Julio M. Fuentes (Circuit Judge), Kent A. Jordan (Circuit Judge), Maryanne Trump Barry (Circuit Judge)
Date of decision
19 July 2007
Case nr./docket nr.
06-3390, 06-3525
Claimant 1
Name
Valero Marketing & Supply Co.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondents 2
Name
Greeni Oy
Place of business
Finland
Role in transaction
Seller
Name
Greeni Trading Oy
Place of business
Finland
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Valero Marketing & Supply Co. v. Greeni Oy
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
USA, 15 June 2005 – 01-5254 (DRD), CISG-online 1028
Valero Marketing & Supply Co. v. Greeni Oy
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
USA, 04 April 2006 – 01-5254 (DRD), CISG-online 1216
Present decision reversing and remanding
Sellers 2
Name
Greeni Oy
Place of business
Finland
Name
Greeni Trading Oy
Place of business
Finland
Buyer 1
Name
Valero Marketing & Supply Co.
Place of business
USA
Category of goods
33: Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
Goods as per contract
10,642,170 U.S. gallons of naptha (plus or minus 10% at seller's option)
Price
5'121'012.20 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
New York law
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 29(1); Art. 47(1); Art. 47(2)
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
Valero Marketing & Supply Co. v. Greeni Oy
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
USA, 15 June 2005 – 01-5254 (DRD), CISG-online 1028
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Editorial remark
Note that this decision is sometimes listed under the date 27 June 2007.
Decision published in 1
242 Federal Appendix (Fed.Appx.) 840
CLOUT number
846
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
070719u2
Comment on this decision 1
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 9 [– in English]  
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 846 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: English