Title 9 — ArbitrationRelease 119-73
§11 Same; modification or correction; grounds; order
Title 9 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 11
Summary
A U.S. district court where an arbitration award was made can, when a party asks, modify or correct the award for three reasons: clear math or description errors; rulings on issues the arbitrators were not asked to decide (unless those rulings don't affect the outcome); or formal defects that don't change the result. The court may change the award so it carries out what the arbitrators meant and promotes fairness.
Full Legal Text
Title 9, §11
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In either of the following cases the United States court in and for the district wherein the award was made may make an order modifying or correcting the award upon the application of any party to the arbitration—
(a)Where there was an evident material miscalculation of figures or an evident material mistake in the description of any person, thing, or property referred to in the award.
(b)Where the arbitrators have awarded upon a matter not submitted to them, unless it is a matter not affecting the merits of the decision upon the matter submitted.
(c)Where the award is imperfect in matter of form not affecting the merits of the controversy.The order may modify and correct the award, so as to effect the intent thereof and promote justice between the parties.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
DerivationAct Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213, § 11, 43 Stat. 885.
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Citation
9 U.S.C. § 11
Title 9 — Arbitration
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73