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GPL Treatment, Ltd. v. Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

323 Or. 116, 914 P.2d 682 (1996)

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GPL Treatment, Ltd. v. Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

Oregon Supreme Court
323 Or. 116, 914 P.2d 682 (1996)

Facts

GPL Treatment, Ltd. (GPL) (plaintiff), a Canadian company that made and sold wooden shingles, sued Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (defendant) for breach of contract. Louisiana-Pacific moved to dismiss, asserting that it never entered a valid contract with GPL because GPL didn’t satisfy the statute of fraud’s writing requirement under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). The trial court denied Louisiana-Pacific’s motion but didn’t address whether the UCC or the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) governed the transaction. A jury ultimately found in GPL’s favor, and Louisiana-Pacific appealed. The appellate court held that GPL satisfied the UCC statute of frauds. Louisiana-Pacific appealed to the Oregon Supreme Court, which affirmed without addressing whether the UCC or CISG governed the transaction.

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