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CISG-online number
1769
Case name
Solae, LLC v. Hershey Canada, Inc.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
Judge
Farnan (District Judge)
Date of decision
09 May 2008
Case nr./docket nr.
07-140-JJF
Claimant 1
Name
Solae, LLC
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Hershey Canada, Inc.
Place of business
Canada
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Name
Solae, LLC
Place of business
USA
Buyer 1
Name
Hershey Canada, Inc.
Place of business
Canada
Category of goods
42: Fixed vegetable fats and oils, crude, refined or fractionated
Goods as per contract
(up to) 250,000 pounds of soy lecithin
Price
314'125.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, agreement of the parties
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8(3); Art. 9; Art. 11; Art. 14; Art. 18; Art. 19; Art. 29(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 23
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Formation of party agreement on dispute resolution clause
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Decision published in 1
557 Federal Supplement, Second Series (F. Supp. 2d) 452
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
080509u1
Comments on this decision 2
Gregory M. Duhl, 'International Sale of Goods', 64 Business Lawyer (Bus. Law.) (2009), 1281–1293, at 1286 [– 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 29–30 [– in English]  
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