CISG CASE PRESENTATION

Germany 8 March 1995 Lower Court Wangen (Shoes case)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/950308g2.html]

Primary source(s) for case presentation: Michael R. Will; Unilex abstract

Case Table of Contents

DATE OF DECISION: 19950308 (8 March 1995)

JURISDICTION: Germany

TRIBUNAL: AG Wangen [AG = Amtsgericht = Petty District Court]

JUDGE(S): Unavailable

CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: 2 C 600/94

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

CASE HISTORY: Unavailable

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Italy (plaintiff)

BUYER'S COUNTRY: Germany (defendant)

GOODS INVOLVED: Shoes

APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes [Article 1(1)(b)]

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issue: Article 78 [Also cited: 53 ; 74 ]

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

78B [Interest on delay in receiving price or any other sum in arrears: rate of interest]

Descriptors: Interest

CITATIONS TO ABSTRACTS OF DECISION

(a) UNCITRAL abstract: Unavailable

(b) Other abstracts

English: Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=120&step=Abstract>

Italian: Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (1996) 646 No. 118

CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (German): cisg-online.ch <http://www.cisg-online.ch/cisg/urteile/195.htm>; Unilex database <http://www.unilex.info/case.cfm?pid=1&do=case&id=120&step=FullText>

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

English: Koneru, 6 Minnesota Journal of Global Trade (1997) 123-138; Kizer, 65 University of Chicago Law Review (1998) 1279-1306 [each containing comments on interest rulings in this case and other cases]; Liu Chengwei, Recovery of interest (November 2003) n.278; Article 78 and rate of interest: Mazzotta, Endless disagreement among commentators, much less among courts (2004) [citing this case and 275 other court and arbitral rulings]

German: Piltz, Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW) 1996, 2768 [2772 n.97]

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