CISG CASE PRESENTATION

Germany 14 June 2012 Supreme Court 7th Civil Division (Land purchase case)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/120614g1.html]

Case Table of Contents

• Case identification
• Classification of issues present
• Editorial remarks
• Citations to case abstracts, texts, and commentaries

• Guide to links contained in case presentations

Case identification

DATE OF DECISION: 20120614 (14 June 2012)

JURISDICTION: Germany

TRIBUNAL: Bundesgerichtshof [Federal Supreme Court] 7th Civil Division

JUDGE(S): Unavailable

CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: VII ZR 148/10

CASE NAME: German case citations do not identify parties to proceedings

CASE HISTORY: Unavailable

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Germany

BUYER'S COUNTRY: Germany

GOODS INVOLVED: Land purchase

Classification of issues present

APPLICATION OF CISG: No (the court merely referred to Article 72 CISG in interpreting a provision on the German Civil Code which has been modelled on Article 72).

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issue: Article 72

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

72A [Avoidance prior to date for performance: when clear that party will commit fundamental breach]

Descriptors: Avoidance ; Anticipatory breach

Editorial remarks

• Unavailable

Citations to case abstracts, texts, and commentaries

CITATIONS TO ABSTRACTS OF DECISION

(a) UNCITRAL abstract: Unavailable

(b) Other abstracts

Unavailable

CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (German): Juris website; see also CISG-online.ch website <http://www.globalsaleslaw.org/content/api/cisg/urteile/2326.pdf>

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

Unavailable