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CISG-online number
1653
Case name
Macromex Srl. v. Globex International Inc.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Judge
Shira A. Scheindlin (District Judge)
Date of decision
16 April 2008
Case nr./docket nr.
08 Civ. 114 (SAS)
Claimant 1
Name
Globex International Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Macromex Srl.
Place of business
Romania
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Macromex Srl. v. Globex International Inc.
American Arbitration Association – International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA/ICDR)
Arbitration, 23 October 2007 – 50181T 0036406 (Interim Award), CISG-online 1645
Macromex Srl. v. Globex International Inc.
American Arbitration Association – International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA/ICDR)
Arbitration, 07 August 2007 – 50-181-T-00364-06 (Interim Award), CISG-online 6057
affirming
Macromex Srl. v. Globex International Inc.
American Arbitration Association – International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA/ICDR)
Arbitration, 12 December 2007 – 50181T 0036406 (Final Award), CISG-online 1647
Present decision
Macromex Srl. v. Globex International Inc.
U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
USA, 26 May 2009 – 08-2255-cv, CISG-online 1837
rejecting application to vacate (set aside) arbitral award
Seller 1
Name
Macromex Srl.
Place of business
Romania
Buyer 1
Name
Globex International Inc.
Place of business
USA
Category of goods
1: Meat and meat preparations
Goods as per contract
112 containers of frozen chicken parts
CISG applicable
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 74
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 75; Art. 76; Art. 77; Art. 79
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 7(1)
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 2
Delchi Carrier, SpA v. Rotorex Corp.
U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
USA, 06 December 1995 – 95-7182, 95-7186, CISG-online 140
Orbisphere Corp. v. United States
U.S. Court of International Trade
USA, 24 October 1989 – 89-02-00404, CISG-online 7
This decision is cited by 2
Semi-Materials Co., Ltd. v. MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. et al.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
USA, 10 January 2011 – 4:06CV1426 FRB, CISG-online 2169
Hilaturas Miel, S.L. v. Republic of Iraq
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 20 August 2008 – 06 Civ 12, CISG-online 1777
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
080416u1
Comments on this decision 5
Gregory M. Duhl, 'International Sale of Goods', 64 Business Lawyer (Bus. Law.) (2009), 1281–1293, at 1290–1291 [– in English]  
Tobias Eckardt, Ulrich Magnus & Burghard Piltz, 'Art. 79 CISG in der internationalen Rechtsprechung. Eine Auswahl französischer, schweizerischer, belgischer, US-amerikanischer, niederländischer und spanischer Entscheidungen', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2020), 140–149, at 144–145 [– in German]  
Warner Frey, 'Case note', 22 New York International Law Review (N.Y. Int'l L. Rev.) (2009), 255–260 [– in English]
Ş. Esra Kiraz & Esra Yıldız Üstün, 'COVID-19 and force majeure clauses: an examination of arbitral tribunal's awards', 25 Uniform Law Review/Revue de droit uniforme (Unif. L. Rev.) (2020), 437–465, at 459 [– 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 15–17 [– in English]  
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