Also known as: cargos · cargo's · freight · goods · shipment
Written by attorneys · grounded in primary & secondary sources — see below
Goods transported by water, land, or air as freight.
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Continental Bank arranged for a foreign manufacturer to ship cargo containers of electronics to distributors across the United States. The manufacturer placed the cargo into international shipping channels without directing any particular shipment to the forum state. When a buyer in the forum state sued the manufacturer over a defect, the court dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction because the manufacturer had not purposefully targeted the forum.
Catherine Carter orally promised to pay Coastal Shipping a commission if it induced a seller to transfer a waterfront warehouse containing cargo to her. The warehouse itself counted as an interest in land, but the commission agreement did not qualify as a contract for the sale of goods under the UCC.
Cypress Technologies contracted to buy a shipment of specialized circuit boards as cargo but never identified specific units to the contract before the seller repudiated. The buyer elected to proceed under the section governing goods still unidentified to the contract rather than attempting to recover particular boards.
A state sold surplus timber from state forests as cargo to local mills at a discount. The sale contract required buyers to process the timber inside the state before exporting it. A buyer challenged the condition as an unconstitutional downstream restriction on interstate commerce in goods.
Central Dynamics contracted to purchase a rare vintage aircraft engine identified to the contract as cargo. When the seller failed to deliver, Central Dynamics sought to replevy the engine under the buyer remedies provision allowing specific performance or replevin of goods.
Pennsylvania Coal Co. held mineral rights to extract coal from land beneath a residential area for later shipment as cargo. A state statute later prohibited mining that would cause surface subsidence. The company claimed the regulation destroyed the economic value of its coal rights without compensation.
Yes. The definition encompasses goods transported by water, land, or air.
Supporting sources
…carpet cleaning, dry cleaning and dyeing establishments, blacksmith, horseshoeing, wagon and motor vehicle repair shops, freight stations, street car barns, stables and wagon sheds (for more than five horses, wagons or motor trucks), and wholesale produce markets and salesrooms; U-6 is further extended to include…