TITLE 9-ARBITRATION
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS (sections 1 to 16)
- § 1 — “Maritime transactions” and “commerce” defined; exceptions to operation of title
- § 2 — Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate
- § 3 — Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration
- § 4 — Failure to arbitrate under agreement; petition to United States court having jurisdiction for order to compel arbitration; notice and service thereof; hearing and determination
- § 5 — Appointment of arbitrators or umpire
- § 6 — Application heard as motion
- § 7 — Witnesses before arbitrators; fees; compelling attendance
- § 8 — Proceedings begun by libel in admiralty and seizure of vessel or property
- § 9 — Award of arbitrators; confirmation; jurisdiction; procedure
- § 10 — Same; vacation; grounds; rehearing
- § 11 — Same; modification or correction; grounds; order
- § 12 — Notice of motions to vacate or modify; service; stay of proceedings
- § 13 — Papers filed with order on motions; judgment; docketing; force and effect; enforcement
- § 14 — Contracts not affected
- § 15 — Inapplicability of the Act of State doctrine
- § 16 — Appeals
CHAPTER 2—CONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS (sections 201 to 208)
- § 201 — Enforcement of Convention
- § 202 — Agreement or award falling under the Convention
- § 203 — Jurisdiction; amount in controversy
- § 204 — Venue
- § 205 — Removal of cases from State courts
- § 206 — Order to compel arbitration; appointment of arbitrators
- § 207 — Award of arbitrators; confirmation; jurisdiction; proceeding
- § 208 — Application
CHAPTER 3—INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION (sections 301 to 307)
- § 301 — Enforcement of Convention
- § 302 — Incorporation by reference
- § 303 — Order to compel arbitration; appointment of arbitrators; locale
- § 304 — Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral decisions and awards; reciprocity
- § 305 — Relationship between the Inter-American Convention and the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of June 10, 1958
- § 306 — Applicable rules of Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission
- § 307 — Application