9 U.S.C. § 10 — Same; vacation; grounds; rehearing

(a) The U.S. court for the district where an award was made can vacate that award, if a party to the arbitration applies and any of four things happened: (1) someone got the award through corruption, fraud, or other improper means; (2) there was clear bias or corruption in one or more of the arbitrators; (3) the arbitrators misbehaved -- for example, by refusing to postpone the hearing when there was good reason to, or by refusing to hear evidence that mattered to the case -- or committed some other misconduct that hurt a party's rights; or (4) the arbitrators went beyond their authority, or handled it so poorly that they never produced a final, clear, and mutual decision on the matter submitted to them. (b) If the court vacates the award, and the agreement's deadline for making an award has not yet passed, the court has discretion to order the arbitrators to hold a new hearing. (c) For an award issued under section 580 of title 5, the U.S. district court for the district where it was made can vacate it upon request of someone who was not a party to the arbitration but who is hurt or aggrieved by the award. This applies only if using arbitration, or the award itself, clearly conflicts with the factors listed in section 572 of title 5.