9 U.S.C. § 3 : US Code - Section 3: Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration

Search 9 U.S.C. § 3 : US Code - Section 3: Stay of proceedings where issue therein referable to arbitration

If any suit or proceeding be brought in any of the courts of the
United States upon any issue referable to arbitration under an
agreement in writing for such arbitration, the court in which such
suit is pending, upon being satisfied that the issue involved in
such suit or proceeding is referable to arbitration under such an
agreement, shall on application of one of the parties stay the
trial of the action until such arbitration has been had in
accordance with the terms of the agreement, providing the applicant
for the stay is not in default in proceeding with such arbitration.