<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="idd2eb7cc3-7dda-11e7-98a8-fedde4d3b9ef" identifier="/us/usc/t9/s10"><num value="10">§ 10.</num><heading> Same; vacation; grounds; rehearing</heading><subsection style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="idd2eba2d4-7dda-11e7-98a8-fedde4d3b9ef" identifier="/us/usc/t9/s10/a"><num value="a">(a)</num><chapeau> In any of the following cases the United States court in and for the district wherein the award was made may make an order vacating the award upon the application of any party to the arbitration—</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idd2eba2d5-7dda-11e7-98a8-fedde4d3b9ef" identifier="/us/usc/t9/s10/a/1"><num value="1">(1)</num><content> where the award was procured by corruption, fraud, or undue means;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idd2ebf0f6-7dda-11e7-98a8-fedde4d3b9ef" identifier="/us/usc/t9/s10/a/2"><num value="2">(2)</num><content> where there was evident partiality or corruption in the arbitrators, or either of them;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idd2ebf0f7-7dda-11e7-98a8-fedde4d3b9ef" identifier="/us/usc/t9/s10/a/3"><num value="3">(3)</num><content> where the arbitrators were guilty of misconduct in refusing to postpone the hearing, upon sufficient cause shown, or in refusing to hear evidence pertinent and material to the controversy; or of any other misbehavior by which the rights of any party have been prejudiced; or</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idd2ebf0f8-7dda-11e7-98a8-fedde4d3b9ef" identifier="/us/usc/t9/s10/a/4"><num value="4">(4)</num><content> where the arbitrators exceeded their powers, or so imperfectly executed them that a mutual, final, and definite award upon the subject matter submitted was not made.</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="idd2ebf0f9-7dda-11e7-98a8-fedde4d3b9ef" identifier="/us/usc/t9/s10/b"><num value="b">(b)</num><content> If an award is vacated and the time within which the agreement required the award to be made has not expired, the court may, in its discretion, direct a rehearing by the arbitrators.</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="idd2ebf0fa-7dda-11e7-98a8-fedde4d3b9ef" identifier="/us/usc/t9/s10/c"><num value="c">(c)</num><content> The United States district court for the district wherein an award was made that was issued pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s580">section 580 of title 5</ref> may make an order vacating the award upon the application of a person, other than a party to the arbitration, who is adversely affected or aggrieved by the award, if the use of arbitration or the award is clearly inconsistent with the factors set forth in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s572">section 572 of title 5</ref>.</content>
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<sourceCredit id="idd2ec180b-7dda-11e7-98a8-fedde4d3b9ef">(<ref href="/us/act/1947-07-30/ch392">July 30, 1947, ch. 392</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/61/672">61 Stat. 672</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/101/552">Pub. L. 101–552</ref>, § 5, <date date="1990-11-15">Nov. 15, 1990</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/104/2745">104 Stat. 2745</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/102/354">Pub. L. 102–354</ref>, § 5(b)(4), <date date="1992-08-26">Aug. 26, 1992</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/106/946">106 Stat. 946</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/107/169">Pub. L. 107–169</ref>, § 1, <date date="2002-05-07">May 7, 2002</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/116/132">116 Stat. 132</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="derivation" id="idd2ec180d-7dda-11e7-98a8-fedde4d3b9ef"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Derivation</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0"><ref href="/us/act/1925-02-12/ch213">Act Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213</ref>, § 10, <ref href="/us/stat/43/885">43 Stat. 885</ref>.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="amendments" id="idd2ec180e-7dda-11e7-98a8-fedde4d3b9ef"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Amendments</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">2002—Subsec. (a)(1) to (4). <ref href="/us/pl/107/169">Pub. L. 107–169</ref>, § 1(1)–(3), substituted “where” for “Where” and realigned margins in pars. (1) to (4), and substituted a semicolon for period at end in pars. (1) and (2) and “; or” for the period at end in par. (3).</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (a)(5). <ref href="/us/pl/107/169">Pub. L. 107–169</ref>, § 1(5), substituted “If an award” for “Where an award”, inserted a comma after “expired”, and redesignated par. (5) as subsec. (b).</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (b). <ref href="/us/pl/107/169">Pub. L. 107–169</ref>, § 1(4), (5), redesignated subsec. (a)(5) as (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (c).</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subsec. (c). <ref href="/us/pl/107/169">Pub. L. 107–169</ref>, § 1(4), redesignated subsec. (b) as (c).</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1992—Subsec. (b). <ref href="/us/pl/102/354">Pub. L. 102–354</ref> substituted “section 580” for “section 590” and “section 572” for “section 582”.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1990—<ref href="/us/pl/101/552">Pub. L. 101–552</ref> designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), in introductory provisions substituted “In any” for “In either”, redesignated former subsecs. (a) to (e) as pars. (1) to (5), respectively, and added subsec. (b) which read as follows: “The United States district court for the district wherein an award was made that was issued pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s580">section 580 of title 5</ref> may make an order vacating the award upon the application of a person, other than a party to the arbitration, who is adversely affected or aggrieved by the award, if the use of arbitration or the award is clearly inconsistent with the factors set forth in <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s572">section 572 of title 5</ref>.”</p>
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