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CISG-online number
1664
Case name
Amco Ukservice et al. v. American Meter Comp.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Judge
Stewart R. Dalzell (District Judge)
Date of decision
29 March 2004
Case nr./docket nr.
Civ. A. 00-2638
Claimants 2
Name
Amco Ukservice
Place of business
Ukraine
Role in transaction
Buyer
Name
PromriladAmco
Place of business
Ukraine
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
American Meter Company
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Present decision
Amco Ukservice et al. v. American Meter Comp.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
USA, 13 April 2004 – Civ. A. 00-2638, CISG-online 1052
Seller 1
Name
American Meter Company
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyers 2
Name
Amco Ukservice
Place of business
Ukraine
Name
PromriladAmco
Place of business
Ukraine
Category of goods
87: Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Gas meters and related piping
CISG applicable
no, Art. 1(1) (non-applicability of the CISG to joint venture agreements)
CISG applied
no
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Pennsylvania law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 3; Art. 4
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 14; Art. 55
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Definition of 'contract of sale'
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 5
Viva Vino Import Corp. v. Franese Vini S.r.l.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
USA, 29 August 2000 – CIV.A.99-6384, CISG-online 675
Fercus S.r.l. v. Palazzo et al.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 08 August 2000 – 98 Civ. 7728, CISG-online 588
Helen Kaminski Pty. Ltd. v. Marketing Australian Products, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 21 July 1997 – 97-8072A, M-47 (DLC), CISG-online 297
TORQMOTOR lawn-mower engines case
Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Court of Appeal Düsseldorf)
Germany, 11 July 1996 – 6 U 152/95, CISG-online 201
Industrial ink-jet printers case I
Oberlandesgericht Koblenz (Court of Appeal Koblenz)
Germany, 17 September 1993 – 2 U 1230/91, CISG-online 91
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Adonia Holding GmbH v. Adonia Organics LLC et al.
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Allied Dynamics Corp. v. Kennametal, Inc.
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Gruppo Essenziero Italiano, S.p.A. v. Aromi D'Italia, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
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Claus Ettensberger Corp. v. TechArt Automobildesign GmbH
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
USA, 04 May 2011 – 2:11-cv-00051-JHN-JCx, CISG-online 4648
Perfumerias Unidas, S.A. v. Coty Prestige Travel Retail and Export, LLC
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
USA, 06 August 2007 – 06-CIV-23116-GOLD/TURNOFF, CISG-online 4392
American Biophysics Corp. v. Dubois Marine Specialties
U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island
USA, 30 January 2006 – C.A. 05-321-T, CISG-online 1176
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
Decision published in 3
312 Federal Supplement, Second Series (F. Supp. 2d) 681
2004 Westlaw (WL) 692233
2004 LexisNexis database for U.S. District Court cases (U.S. Dist. LEXIS) 5301
CLOUT number
695
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
040329u1
Comments on this decision 2
Marlyse McQuillen, 'The Development of a Federal CISG Common Law in U.S. Courts: Patterns of Interpretation and Citation', 61 University of Miami Law Review (U. Miami L. Rev.) (2007), 509–537, at 514–515 [– 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 34–35 [– in English]  
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 695 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: English