9 U.S.C. § 2 — Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate

FEDERAL · 9 U.S.C. · Chapter 1

Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate

Current through Pub. L. 119-102

Title 9 — Arbitration·Ch. 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

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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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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Mary Summer Rain Jan Carlton John Nelson David A. Cherry Catherine Ann Lake Lawrence M. Steinhart Leonard Chetkin John James Scialdone Winter Robinson Colleen Doran Jean N. Campbell Elizabeth Marlow v. The Donning Company/publishers, Incorporated Walsworth Publishing, Incorporated Richard Mull Donald O. Walsworth Stanley Hainer, and Schiffer Publishing Limited Peter B. Schiffer, Mary Summer Rain Jan Carlton John Nelson David A. Cherry Catherine Ann Lake Lawrence M. Steinhart Leonard Chetkin John James Scialdone Winter Robinson, A/K/A Theresa Winter, A/K/A Theresa Winter Pope Colleen Doran Jean N. Campbell Elizabeth Marlow, A/K/A Mary Elizabeth Marlow v. Schiffer Publishing Limited Peter B. Schiffer, and the Donning Company/publishers, Incorporated Walsworth Publishing, Incorporated Richard Mull Donald O. Walsworth Stanley Hainer

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History

(July 30, 1947, ch. 392, 61 Stat. 670; Pub. L. 117–90, §2(b)(1)(A), Mar. 3, 2022, 136 Stat. 27.)

Editorial Notes

Derivation
Act Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213, §2, 43 Stat. 883.

Editorial Notes

Amendments
2022—Pub. L. 117–90 inserted "or as otherwise provided in chapter 4" before period at end.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2022 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 117–90 applicable with respect to any dispute or claim that arises or accrues on or after Mar. 3, 2022, see section 3 of Pub. L. 117–90, set out as an Effective Date note under section 401 of this title.