---
kind: "section"
citation: "9 U.S.C. § 16"
title: "9"
title_heading: "Arbitration"
number: "16"
heading: "Appeals"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/9/16"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — General Provisions"
---

# §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](/usc/9/3.md),
    - (B) denying a petition under [section 4 of this title](/usc/9/4.md) to order arbitration to proceed,
    - (C) denying an application under [section 206 of this title](/usc/9/206.md) 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](/usc/28/1292.md?p=b), an appeal may not be taken from an interlocutory order—
  - (1) granting a stay of any action under [section 3 of this title](/usc/9/3.md);
  - (2) directing arbitration to proceed under [section 4 of this title](/usc/9/4.md);
  - (3) compelling arbitration under [section 206 of this title](/usc/9/206.md); or
  - (4) refusing to enjoin an arbitration that is subject to this title.

## 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.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

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