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Article 5

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UNCITRAL Digest cases for Article 5 plus added cases for this Article

UNCITRAL has identified relevant cases in Digests containing case annotations for each article of the CISG. For Art. 5, the 2012 UNCITRAL Digest reports eight cases: two cases from Germany, one from Switzerland and 5 from the United States. All cases are listed in chronological sequence, commencing with the most recent. Asterisks identify the cases cited in the 2008 and 2012 UNCITRAL Digests, commencing with the 23 December 2009 citation reported below. Cases are coded to the UNCITRAL Thesaurus

English texts and full-text English translations of cases are provided as indicated. In most instances researchers can also access UNCITRAL abstracts and link to Unilex abstracts and full-text original-language case texts sourced from Internet websites and other data, including commentaries by scholars to the extent available.
 

Australia 23 June 2010 Supreme Court of Western Australia (Attorney-General of Botswana v. Aussie Diamond Products Pty Ltd) 5A
 

* United States 23 December 2009 Federal District Court [Arkansas] (Electrocraft Arkansas, Inc. v. Electric Motors, Ltd et al.)

* United States 26 March 2009 Federal District Court [Ohio] (Miami Valley Paper, LLC v. Lebbing Engineering & Consulting GmbH)
 

Slovak Republic 1 February 2007 Regional Court Bratislava (E.W.G. v. Ing. R.K.) [translation available]
 

* United States 10 October 2006 Federal District Court [Ohio] (Miami Valley Paper, LLC v. Lebbing Engineering & Consulting GmbH)

Russia 24 January 2006 Arbitration Court [Appellate Court] for the Far East Area 5A [translation available]
 

* United States 10 May 2002 Federal District Court [New York] (Geneva Pharmaceuticals Tech. Corp. v. Barr Labs. Inc.)
 

* United States 29 August 2000 Federal District Court [Pennsylvania] (Viva Vino Import v. Farnese Vini)
 

* Germany 26 May 1998 Appellate Court Thüringen OLG [Jena] (Live fish case) [translation available]
 

* Switzerland 26 April 1995 Handelsgericht [Commercial Court] Zürich 5A [translation available]
 

* Germany 2 July 1993 Oberlandesgericht [Appellate Court] Düsseldorf 5A21 [translation available]
 


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