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9 U.S.C. § 202 — Agreement or award falling under the Convention
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An arbitration agreement or arbitral award arising out of a legal relationship, whether contractual or not, which is considered as commercial, including a transaction, contract, or agreement described in [section 2 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title9-section2&num=0&edition=prelim), falls under the Convention. An agreement or award arising out of such a relationship which is entirely between citizens of the United States shall be deemed not to fall under the Convention unless that relationship involves property located abroad, envisages performance or enforcement abroad, or has some other reasonable relation with one or more foreign states. For the purpose of this section a corporation is a citizen of the United States if it is incorporated or has its principal place of business in the United States.
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An arbitration agreement or arbitral award arising out of a legal relationship, whether contractual or not, which is considered as commercial, including a transaction, contract, or agreement described in [section 2 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title9-section2&num=0&edition=prelim), falls under the Convention. An agreement or award arising out of such a relationship which is entirely between citizens of the United States shall be deemed not to fall under the Convention unless that relationship involves property located abroad, envisages performance or enforcement abroad, or has some other reasonable relation with one or more foreign states. For the purpose of this section a corporation is a citizen of the United States if it is incorporated or has its principal place of business in the United States.
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The Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of June 10, 1958, shall be enforced in United States courts in accordance with this chapter.
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A written provision in any maritime transaction or a contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce to settle by arbitration a controversy thereafter arising out of such contract or transaction, or the refusal to perform the whole or any part thereof, or an agreement in writing to submit to arbitration an existing controversy arising out of such a contract, transaction, or refusal, shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract or as otherwise provided in chapter 4.
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TITLE 9—ARBITRATION
§ 202
§ 14. Contracts not affected
This title shall not apply to contracts made
prior to January 1, 1926.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 392, 61 Stat. 674.)
DERIVATION
Act Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213, § 15, 43 Stat. 886.
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Act Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213, § 14, 43 Stat. 886, former pro-
visions of section 14 of this title relating to ‘‘short
title’’ is not now covered.
§ 15. Inapplicability of the Act of State doctrine
Enforcement of arbitral agreements, confirma-
tion of arbitral awards, and execution upon
judgments based on orders confirming such
awards shall not be refused on the basis of the
Act of State doctrine.
(Added Pub. L. 100–669, § 1, Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat.
3969.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Another section 15 of this title was renumbered sec-
tion 16 of this title.
§ 16. Appeals
(a) An appeal may be taken from—
(1) an order—
(A) refusing a stay of any action under sec-
tion 3 of this title,
(B) denying a petition under section 4 of
this title to order arbitration to proceed,
(C) denying an application under section
206 of this title to compel arbitration,
(D) confirming or denying confirmation of
an award or partial award, or
(E) modifying, correcting, or vacating an
award;
(2) an interlocutory order granting, con-
tinuing, or modifying an injunction against an
arbitration that is subject to this title; or
(3) a final decision with respect to an arbi-
tration that is subject to this title.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in section
1292(b) of title 28, an appeal may not be taken
from an interlocutory order—
(1) granting a stay of any action under sec-
tion 3 of this title;
(2) directing arbitration to proceed under
section 4 of this title;
(3) compelling arbitration under section 206
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