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· 6/11/2003

BP Oil International, Ltd. v. Empresa Estatal Petroleos De Ecuador

Citations

  • 332 F.3d 333
  • 200 A.L.R. Fed. 771
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 12013
  • 2003 WL 21221724

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding that the parties’ choice of Ecuadorian law did not displace the CISG because the CISG is the law of Ecuador
  • “As incorporated federal law, the CISG governs the dispute so long as the parties have not elected to exclude its application.”
  • “As incorporated federal law, the CISG governs the dispute so long as the parties have not elected to exclude its application.”
  • “As incorporated federal law, the CISG governs the dispute so long as the parties have not elected to exclude its application”
  • “Where parties seek to apply a signatory’s domestic law in lieu of the CISG, they must affirmatively opt-out of the CISG.”
  • “The CISG, ratified by the Senate in 1986, creates a private right of action in federal court.”

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Judges: Smith, Barksdale, Fitzwater

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