Title 9 — ArbitrationRelease 119-73
§3 Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration
Title 9 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 3
Summary
If a U.S. court case is about a dispute covered by a written arbitration agreement, the court must pause the lawsuit. If a party asks for the pause and hasn’t refused to go to arbitration, the trial stays on hold until the arbitration happens under the agreement.
Full Legal Text
Title 9, §3
Arbitration — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
DerivationAct Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213, § 3, 43 Stat. 883.
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Citation
9 U.S.C. § 3
Title 9 — Arbitration
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73