9 U.S.C. § 15 — Inapplicability of the Act of State doctrine

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Courts cannot refuse to enforce international arbitration agreements, confirm arbitration awards, or carry out judgments based on those awards just by relying on the Act of State doctrine.

This section is a single, undivided provision. This section blocks one specific excuse courts might otherwise use. Courts cannot refuse to enforce an arbitration agreement, confirm an arbitration award, or carry out a judgment based on such an award, simply by pointing to the Act of State doctrine — the idea that courts should avoid judging the official acts of a foreign government within its own territory.

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Enforcement of arbitral agreements, confirmation of arbitral awards, and execution upon judgments based on orders confirming such awards shall not be refused on the basis of the Act of State doctrine.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 100–669, § 1, Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3969.)

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1988Enacted · Pub. L. 100-669 · 102 Stat. 3969

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