Prime Start Limited v. Maher Forest Products Limited
United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
442 F. Supp. 2d 1113 (2006)
Relevant factsFree
British Virgin Islands company Prime Start (plaintiff) sued Washington-based Maher Forest Products (defendant) for breach of contract over allegedly nonconforming construction materials; Maher moved for summary judgment arguing the CISG governed the contract, but the British Virgin Islands had not signed the CISG, and the United States had not adopted the CISG provision allowing application through choice-of-law analysis.
IssueFree
Whether the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods applies only if all the parties to the lawsuit are from signatory nations.