Title 9, ArbitrationRelease 119-102
§3 Stay of Proceedings Where Issue Therein Referable to Arbitration
Title 9 › CHAPTER 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 3
Summary
When a federal court case is about something a written agreement says should go to arbitration, the court must pause the trial if a party asks for it and the court agrees the issue belongs in arbitration. The party asking for the pause must not have failed to move forward with the arbitration.
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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.
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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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102