9 USC § 16 - Appeals

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identifier: "/us/usc/t9/s16"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "9 USC § 16 - Appeals"
title_number: 9
title_name: "ARBITRATION"
section_number: "16"
section_name: "Appeals"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-08-11"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 100–702, title X, § 1019(a), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4670, § 15; renumbered § 16, Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 325(a)(1), Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5120.)"
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# § 16. Appeals

**(a)** An appeal may be taken from—

**(1)** an order—

**(A)** refusing a stay of any action under section 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, continuing, or modifying an injunction against an arbitration that is subject to this title; or

**(3)** a final decision with respect to an arbitration 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 section 3 of this title;

**(2)** directing arbitration to proceed under section 4 of this title;

**(3)** compelling arbitration under section 206 of this title; or

**(4)** refusing to enjoin an arbitration that is subject to this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 100–702, title X, § 1019(a), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4670, § 15; renumbered § 16, Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 325(a)(1), Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5120.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1990— renumbered the second  as this section.