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CISG-online number
2241
Case name
Al Hewar v. Southeast Ranch, LL.C.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Judge
Daniel T. K. Hurley (District Judge)
Date of decision
07 November 2011
Case nr./docket nr.
10-80851
Claimant 1
Name
Al Hewar Environmental and Public Health Establishment
Place of business
United Arab Emirates
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondents 3
Name
Southeast Ranch, LL.C.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Name
Joel Gutierrez
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Principal of seller
Name
Dagmara Cabrera
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Principal of seller
Case History
Present decision
Al Hewar v. Southeast Ranch, LL.C.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
USA, 08 November 2011 – 10-80851-CV-HURLEY/HOPKINS, CISG-online 4064
Seller 1
Name
Southeast Ranch, LL.C.
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Producer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
Al Hewar Environmental and Public Health Establishment
Place of business
United Arab Emirates
Category of goods
8: Feeding stuff for animals (not including unmilled cereals)
Goods as per contract
16,400 tons of compressed hay
Price
5'166'000.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Florida law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 74
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Remedies under domestic law for reprehensible conduct (fraud etc.)
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
MCC-Marble Ceramic Center, Inc. v. Ceramica Nuova D'Agostino S.p.A.
U.S. Court of Appeals (11th Circuit)
USA, 29 June 1998 – 97-4250, CISG-online 342
Decision published in 1
2011 LexisNexis database for U.S. District Court cases (U.S. Dist. LEXIS) 128723 [Full text – in English]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
111107u1
Comments on this decision 2
Gregory M. Duhl, 'International Sale of Goods', 67 Business Lawyer (Bus. Law.) (2012), 1337–1349, at 1347–1348 [– in English]
Yasutoshi Ishida, 'What Does "Foreseeable" Mean? The Scope of Damages Under CISG Articles 74–77: Reasonability Principle of Foreseeability – We Don't Need a Crystal Ball', 40(2) Journal of Law & Commerce (J.L. & Com.) (2022), 235–280, at 242–243 [– in English]  
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Original language: English