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CISG-online number
1601
Case name
Easom Automation Systems, Inc. v. ThyssenKrupp Fabco, Corp.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Judge
Denise Page Hood (District Judge)
Date of decision
28 September 2007
Case nr./docket nr.
06-14553
Claimant 1
Name
Easom Automation Systems, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
ThyssenKrupp Fabco, Corp.
Place of business
Canada
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Present decision
Easom Automation Systems, Inc. v. ThyssenKrupp Fabco, Corp.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
USA, 25 April 2008 – 06-14553, CISG-online 4574
Seller 1
Name
Easom Automation Systems, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
ThyssenKrupp Fabco, Corp.
Place of business
Canada
Category of goods
72: Machinery specialized for particular industries
Goods as per contract
Sport bar assembly system
Price
5'400'000.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Michigan law
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 6
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 14; Art. 18(1); Art. 18(2)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 4
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Ajax Tool Works, Inc. v. Can-Eng Manufacturing Ltd.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
USA, 29 January 2003 – 01 C 5938, CISG-online 772
Asante Technologies, Inc. v. PMC-Sierra, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
USA, 30 July 2001 – C 01-20230 JW, CISG-online 616
This decision is cited by 1
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U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
USA, 14 April 2014 – 1:13-cv-1224, CISG-online 6447
Decision published in 2
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2008), 34–35
2007 Westlaw (WL) 2875256
CLOUT number
845
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
070928u1
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 20–22 [– in English]  
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Original language: English