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CISG-online number
1777
Case name
Hilaturas Miel, S.L. v. Republic of Iraq
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Judge
Robert W. Sweet (District Judge)
Date of decision
20 August 2008
Case nr./docket nr.
06 Civ 12
Claimant 1
Name
Hilaturas Miel, S.L.
Place of business
Spain
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Republic of Iraq
Place of business
Iraq
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Name
Hilaturas Miel, S.L.
Place of business
Spain
Buyer 1
Name
Republic of Iraq
Place of business
Iraq
Category of goods
65: Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, not elsewhere specified, and related products
Goods as per contract
500,000 metric tons of acrylic yarn
CISG applicable
yes, agreement of the parties
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 25; Art. 54
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 79
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 7(2); Art. 46
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Payment by letter of credit
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 3
Macromex Srl. v. Globex International Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 16 April 2008 – 08 Civ. 114 (SAS), CISG-online 1653
Raw Materials Inc. v. Manfred Forberich GmbH & Co. KG
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
USA, 06 July 2004 – 1:03-cv-01154, CISG-online 925
Delchi Carrier, SpA v. Rotorex Corp.
U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
USA, 06 December 1995 – 95-7182, 95-7186, CISG-online 140
This decision is cited by 2
Habas Sinai Ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal A.S. v. International Technology & Knowledge Co.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
USA, 29 January 2025 – 2:19-608, CISG-online 7271
ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Prods. GmbH v. Energy Coal, S.p.A.
Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County
USA, 14 October 2015 – 653938/14, CISG-online 2793
Decision published in 3
573 Federal Supplement, Second Series (F. Supp. 2d) 782–801 [Full text – in English]
New York Law Journal (17 September 2008), 33–36 [Full text – in English]
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2009), 206–209 [Full text – in English]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
080820u1
Comments on this decision 4
Iryna Dikovska, 'War, Sanctions and Exemption from Liability under Contracts Falling within the Scope of the CISG', 105 Studia Iuridica (2024), 7–20, at 14 [– in English]  
Gregory M. Duhl, 'International Sale of Goods', 64 Business Lawyer (Bus. Law.) (2009), 1281–1293, at 1287–1289 [– 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 145–145 [– in German]  
Bruno Zeller, 'Analysis of the Cultural Homeward Trend in International Sales Law', 10(1) Victoria University Law and Justice Journal (VULJ) (2021), 131–143, at 138 [– in English]  
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