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CISG-online number
2922
Case name
Victory Foodservice Distributors Corp. v. N. Chr. Liatsos & Co. Ltd.
Jurisdiction
USA
Court
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Judge
William H. Pauley, III (District Judge)
Date of decision
13 November 2017
Case nr./docket nr.
17cv2227
Claimant 1
Name
Victory Foodservice Distributors Corp.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
N. Chr. Liatsos & Co. Ltd
Place of business
Greece
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Victory Foodservice Distributors Corp. v. N. Chr. Liatsos & Co. Ltd
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 24 October 2017 – 17cv2227, CISG-online 2921
Present decision
Seller 1
Name
N. Chr. Liatsos & Co. Ltd
Place of business
Greece
Buyer 1
Name
Victory Foodservice Distributors Corp.
Place of business
USA
Category of goods
2: Dairy products and birds' eggs
Goods as per contract
Cheese
CISG applied
no, held that recoverability of attorney's fees is not governed by the CISG
(Domestic) law applied in addition
New York law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 74 (recoverability of attorneys' fees not covered)
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USA, 15 May 2013 – 1:12-cv-668-TRJ, CISG-online 2678
Granjas Aquanova S.A. de C.V. v. House Manufacturing Co. Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
USA, 19 November 2010 – 3:07–CV–00168–BSM, CISG-online 2164
San Lucio S.r.l. v. Import & Storage Services, LLC et al.
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
USA, 15 April 2009 – 07-3031(WJM), CISG-online 1836
Zapata Hermanos Sucesores, S.A. v. Hearthside Baking Comp.
U.S. Court of Appeals (7th Circuit)
USA, 19 November 2002 – 01-3402, 02-1867, 02-1915, CISG-online 684
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Decision published in 1
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2018), 151–152
Comment on this decision 1
Kristen D. Adams & Candace Zierdt, 'CISG', 73 Business Lawyer (Bus. Law.) (2018), 1243–1254, at 1243–1244 [– in English]  
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Original language: English