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CISG-online number
2338
Case name
Cedar Petrochemicals, Inc. v. Dongbu Hannong Chemical Co., Ltd.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Judge
Laura Taylor Swain (District Judge)
Date of decision
28 September 2011
Case nr./docket nr.
06 Civ. 3972 (LTS)(JCF)
Claimant 1
Name
Cedar Petrochemicals, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Dongbu Hannong Chemichal Co., Ltd.
Place of business
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Cedar Petrochemicals, Inc. v. Dongbu Hannong Chemical Co., Ltd.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 19 July 2007 – 06 Civ. 3972 (LTS) (JCF), CISG-online 1509
Present decision
Cedar Petrochemicals, Inc. v. Dongbu Hannong Chemical Co., Ltd.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 21 October 2013 – 06 Civ. 3972 (AJN), CISG-online 2488
Seller 1
Name
Dongbu Hannong Chemichal Co., Ltd.
Place of business
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Name
Cedar Petrochemicals, Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
51: Organic chemicals
Goods as per contract
2,000 metric tons (+/-5% at the seller’s option) of liquid phenol
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 8(3); Art. 36
Key CISG provisions interpreted
Art. 6
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 9(2); Art. 35
Relevant CISG provisions not cited
Art. 29(2) (effect of merger clause)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Merger clause/entire agreement clause
Legal issues regarding Incoterms addressed
Effect on relevant point in time under Art. 36(1) CISG; Effect on the passing of risk
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This decision cites the following CISG-AC Opinion 1
CISG-AC Opinion No. 3 ‘Parol Evidence Rule, Plain Meaning Rule, Contractual Merger Clause and the CISG’ (Rapporteur: Richard Hyland), adopted by the CISG Advisory Council at its 7th meeting in Madrid (Spain) on 23 October 2004
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Cedar Petrochemicals, Inc. v. Dongbu Hannong Chemical Co., Ltd.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 21 October 2013 – 06 Civ. 3972 (AJN), CISG-online 2488
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U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
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Decision published in 1
2011 Westlaw (WL) 4494602 [Full text – in English]
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
110928u1
Comments on this decision 4
Kristen David Adams & Candace M. Zierdt, 'United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods', Business Law Today (June 2015), 1–4, at 4 [– in English]  
Gregory M. Duhl, 'International Sale of Goods', 67 Business Lawyer (Bus. Law.) (2012), 1337–1349, at 1339–1341 [– in English]
William P. Johnson, 'Analysis of Incoterms as Usage under Article 9 of the CISG', 35 University of Pennsylvania Law Review (U. Pa. L. Rev.) (2013), 379–430, at 418–420 [– in English]  
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 35–38 [– in English]
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