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CISG-online number
1603
Case name
Barbara Berry, S.A. de C.V. v. Ken M. Spooner Farms, Inc.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit)
Judges
Ronald M. Gould (Circuit Judge), Susan P. Graber (Circuit Judge), William Canby (Circuit Judge)
Date of decision
08 November 2007
Case nr./docket nr.
06-35398
Claimant 1
Name
Barbara Berry, S.A. de C.V.
Place of business
Mexico
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Ken M. Spooner Farms, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Barbara Berry, S.A. de C.V. v. Ken M. Spooner Farms, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
USA, 13 April 2006 – C05-5538FDB, CISG-online 1354
Present decision reversing and remanding
Barbara Berry, S.A. de C.V. v. Ken M. Spooner Farms, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
USA, 02 April 2009 – C 05-5538FDB, CISG-online 1881
Seller 1
Name
Ken M. Spooner Farms, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Buyer 1
Name
Barbara Berry, S.A. de C.V.
Place of business
Mexico
Category of goods
29: Crude animal and vegetable materials, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
3,150 pounds of raspberry root stock (Summit variety)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
Held that the CISG is applicable and remanded case to the District Court for application of the CISG
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1; Art. 4
This decision is cited by 2
MSS, Inc. v. Maser Corp.
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
USA, 18 July 2011 – 3:09-cv-00601, CISG-online 2222
Granjas Aquanova S.A. de C.V. v. House Manufacturing Co. Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
USA, 25 June 2009 – 3:07–CV–00168–BSM, CISG-online 1527
Editorial remark
by Ulrich G. Schroeter
The present decision was "argued and submitted" on 8 November 2007, but "filed" on 16 November 2007. Accordingly, some databases list the decision under the date of 16 November 2007.
Decision published in 1
254 Federal Appendix (Fed.Appx.) 646
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
071108u1
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 8 [– in English]  
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Original language: English