D.C. Code § 28:2-703

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§ 28:2-703. Seller’s remedies in general.

Official statutory text

Where the buyer wrongfully rejects or revokes acceptance of goods or fails to make a payment due on or before delivery or repudiates with respect to a part or the whole, then with respect to any goods directly affected and, if the breach is of the whole contract (section 28:2-612 ), then also with respect to the whole undelivered balance, the aggrieved seller may
(a) withhold delivery of such goods;
(b) stop delivery by any bailee as hereafter provided (section 28:2-705);
(c) proceed under the next section respecting goods still unidentified to the contract;
(d) resell and recover damages as hereafter provided (section 28:2-706);
(e) recover damages for non-acceptance (section 28:2-708) or in a proper case the price (section 28:2-709);
(f) cancel.

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