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CISG-online number
1776
Case name
Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Power Source Supply, Inc.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Judge
Kim R. Gibson (District Judge)
Date of decision
25 July 2008
Case nr./docket nr.
07-140-JJf
Claimant 1
Name
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Power Source Supply
Place of business
Canada
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Name
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Place of business
USA
Buyer 1
Name
Power Source Supply
Place of business
Canada
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
79: Other transport equipment
Goods as per contract
12 SD40 type locomotives and 24 B23-7 type locomotives
Price
1'000'000.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Alberta and Pennsylvania law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 4(a); Art. 8; Art. 19; Art. 29(1); Art. 33(c); Art. 35; Art. 74; Art. 78
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
(In-)applicability of 'consideration' requirement of domestic laws to CISG contracts; Contractual limitation of liability clause in CISG contract (including its validity)
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Decision published in 1
2008 Westlaw (WL) 2884102 [Full text – in English]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
080725u1
Comments on this decision 2
Gregory M. Duhl, 'International Sale of Goods', 64 Business Lawyer (Bus. Law.) (2009), 1281–1293, at 1283 [– in English]  
Andreas Ehlers, 'Establishing a Uniform Interpretation of the CISG: A Case Study of Article 74', Nordic Journal of Commercial Law (NJCL) (2013), #2, 1–35, at 27 [– in English]  
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