9 U.S.C. § 207
Section 207 · Award of arbitrators; confirmation; jurisdiction; proceeding
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 251 court decisions — leading case In re the Arbitration between Andros Compania Maritima & Marc Rich & Co., A.G. (1978)
Most recently applied in Metropolitan Municipality of Lima v. Rutas De Lima S.A.C. (June 2025)
Applied most in the District Circuit Circuit (39 decisions)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 9 U.S.C. § 201 · 9 U.S.C. § 10 · 9 U.S.C. § 203
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Within three years after an arbitral award falling under the Convention is made, any party to the arbitration may apply to any court having jurisdiction under this chapter for an order confirming the award as against any other party to the arbitration. The court shall confirm the award unless it finds one of the grounds for refusal or deferral of recognition or enforcement of the award specified in the said Convention.