Princess Cruise v. General Electric Co. United States Court of Appeals 1998 1) Facts a) Princess requested in 1994 that GE preform maintains on the ship b) Princess issued a purchase order in October outlining their terms c) GE responded with their own purchasing order, rejected Princess’ original d) Princess agreed to move forward with GE’s offer e) GE confirmed that they were using their offer f) GE started doing work and had the rotor taken off g) Princess missed a Christmas cruise because of this h) Because the rotor was not fixed properly Princess missed another Easter cruise i) After that Princess filled suit against EG 2) History a) Parties i) Princess Cruise (1) Plaintiff ii) GE (1) Defendant b) History i) The trial court found in favor of Princess Cruises for 4.5 million ii) GE appealed the decision on basis that their judgment should be matter of law 3) Issues a) Does the UCC govern maritime law i) The UCC does govern admiralty law (1) Finora Co. Amitie Shipping, American Dredging Co. v. Miller b) Does the UCC govern the contract since it was a service not goods i) The UCC can govern a mixed contract with services and goods. The contract was surrounded by services in specific. Therefore it is not governed by UCC c) The agreement between Princes and GE i) The first price quotation was issues by Princess, was rejected by the GE counter offer for their own price quotation.