Title 9 — ArbitrationRelease 119-73not60
§3 Stay of Proceedings Where Issue Therein Referable to Arbitration
Title 9 › Chapter 1— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 3
Summary
If a federal court case involves a matter that a written arbitration agreement says should be decided by arbitration, the court must pause the lawsuit. If a party asks and the court agrees, the case stays paused until arbitration happens as the agreement says, unless the asking party has failed to take part in the arbitration.
Full Legal Text
Title 9, §3
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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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9 U.S.C. § 3
Title 9 — Arbitration
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60