2020 US Code
Title 9 - Arbitration
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Sec. 3 - Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration

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Citation 9 U.S.C. § 3 (2020)
Section Name §3. Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration
Section Text

If any suit or proceeding be brought in any of the courts of the United States upon any issue referable to arbitration under an agreement in writing for such arbitration, the court in which such suit is pending, upon being satisfied that the issue involved in such suit or proceeding is referable to arbitration under such an agreement, shall on application of one of the parties stay the trial of the action until such arbitration has been had in accordance with the terms of the agreement, providing the applicant for the stay is not in default in proceeding with such arbitration.

Source Credit

(July 30, 1947, ch. 392, 61 Stat. 670.)

Editorial Notes DERIVATION

Act Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213, §3, 43 Stat. 883.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 9 - ARBITRATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 9 - ARBITRATION
CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 3 - Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration
Contains section 3
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 43 Stat. 883
61 Stat. 670
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