Federal Arbitration Act

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United States federal statute arbitration law

The Federal Arbitration Act is a U.S. federal statute that establishes the enforceability of arbitration agreements and provides the legal framework for resolving disputes through arbitration rather than litigation.

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Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ arbitration law ⓘ
administeredInPracticeBy	federal courts ⓘ
appliesTo	contracts involving interstate commerce ⓘ maritime transactions ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 9 of the United States Code NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsKeyProvision	Section 10 grounds for vacating arbitration awards ⓘ Section 11 modification or correction of awards ⓘ Section 2 validity, irrevocability, and enforceability of arbitration agreements ⓘ Section 3 stay of proceedings where issue referable to arbitration ⓘ Section 4 orders compelling arbitration ⓘ Section 9 confirmation of arbitration awards ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEnacted	1925-02-12 ⓘ
defines	exemptions for certain employment contracts in Section 1 ⓘ
effectiveDate	1925-02-12 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
governs	enforcement of arbitration agreements in federal courts ⓘ
hasAmendment	Chapter 2 of Title 9 implementing the New York Convention ⓘ Chapter 3 of Title 9 implementing the Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration ⓘ
influencedAreaOfLaw	commercial arbitration ⓘ consumer arbitration ⓘ employment arbitration ⓘ
interpretedBroadlyBy	Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
keySupremeCourtCase	AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion NERFINISHED ⓘ American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant NERFINISHED ⓘ Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp. NERFINISHED ⓘ Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. NERFINISHED ⓘ Southland Corp. v. Keating NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalEffect	authorizes federal courts to compel arbitration when parties have agreed to arbitrate ⓘ authorizes federal courts to stay litigation in favor of arbitration ⓘ limits judicial review of arbitration awards to narrow statutory grounds ⓘ makes written arbitration agreements generally enforceable in federal courts ⓘ
preempts	state laws that single out arbitration agreements for disfavored treatment ⓘ
primaryPurpose	to ensure the enforceability of arbitration agreements ⓘ to place arbitration agreements on equal footing with other contracts ⓘ to provide a federal framework for arbitration procedures and enforcement ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Pub.L. 68–401 NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ
section	Section 1 ⓘ Section 10 ⓘ Section 11 ⓘ Section 2 ⓘ Section 3 ⓘ Section 4 ⓘ Section 5 ⓘ Section 9 ⓘ
shortName	FAA NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedBy	Calvin Coolidge NERFINISHED ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation	43 Stat. 883 ⓘ
U.S.C.sectionRange	9 U.S.C. §§ 1–16 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

EEOC v. Waffle House, Inc. → relatedDoctrine → Federal Arbitration Act ⓘ

American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant → statuteInterpreted → Federal Arbitration Act ⓘ