9 U.S.C. § 204
Section 204 · Venue
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 21 court decisions — leading case Cortez Byrd Chips, Inc. v. Bill Harbert Construction Co. (2000)
Most recently applied in Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, London v. 3131 Veterans Blvd LLC; MPIRE (May 2025)
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.
An action or proceeding over which the district courts have jurisdiction pursuant to section 203 of this title may be brought in any such court in which save for the arbitration agreement an action or proceeding with respect to the controversy between the parties could be brought, or in such court for the district and division which embraces the place designated in the agreement as the place of arbitration if such place is within the United States.