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[CITE: 9USC16]

 
                          TITLE 9--ARBITRATION
 
                      CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 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.

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


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-650 renumbered the second section 15 of this title 
as this section.