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CISG-online number
2178
Case name
Hanwha Corp. v. Cedar Petrochemicals, Inc.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Judge
Alvin K. Hellerstein (District Judge)
Date of decision
18 January 2011
Case nr./docket nr.
09 Civ. 10559 (AKH)
Claimant 1
Name
Hanwha Corporation
Place of business
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Cedar Petrochemicals, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Seller 1
Name
Cedar Petrochemicals, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Buyer 1
Name
Hanwha Corporation
Place of business
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Category of goods
33: Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
Goods as per contract
1,000 metric tons of toluene (a petrochemical)
Price
640'000.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 14(1); Art. 19(1); Art. 19(2)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 8(1); Art. 8(2); Art. 8(3)
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 6; Art. 9(1)
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Decision published in 1
760 Federal Supplement, Second Series (F. Supp. 2d) 426
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
110118u1
Comments on this decision 4
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Francesco G. Mazzotta, 'Survey of Recent U.S. Cases Dealing with the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)', in: Ingeborg Schwenzer & Lisa Spagnolo (eds.), Boundaries and Intersections: The 5th Annual MAA Schlechtriem CISG Conference, The Hague: Eleven International Publishing (2014), 33–55, at 33–34 [– in English]
Michael P. Van Alstine, 'The Unified Field Solution to the Battle of the Forms Under the U.N. Sales Convention', 62 William & Mary Law Review (Wm. & Mary L. Rev.) (2020), 213–286, at 271–272 [– in English]  
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