9-U.S.C.-7
§7 – Witnesses Before Arbitrators; Fees; Compelling Attendance
Pathway
Title 9 > Chapter 1 > Section 7
Details
- Reference: Section 7
- Legend: §7 – Witnesses Before Arbitrators; Fees; Compelling Attendance
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
The arbitrators selected either as prescribed in this title or otherwise, or a majority of them, may summon in writing any person to attend before them or any of them as a witness and in a proper case to bring with him or them any book, record, document, or paper which may be deemed material as evidence in the case. The fees for such attendance shall be the same as the fees of witnesses before masters of the United States courts. Said summons shall issue in the name of the arbitrator or arbitrators, or a majority of them, and shall be signed by the arbitrators, or a majority of them, and shall be directed to the said person and shall be served in the same manner as subpoenas to appear and testify before the court; if any person or persons so summoned to testify shall refuse or neglect to obey said summons, upon petition the United States district court for the district in which such arbitrators, or a majority of them, are sitting may compel the attendance of such person or persons before said arbitrator or arbitrators, or punish said person or persons for contempt in the same manner provided by law for securing the attendance of witnesses or their punishment for neglect or refusal to attend in the courts of the United States.
(July 30, 1947, ch. 392, 61 Stat. 672; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, §14, 65 Stat. 715.)
Derivation
Act Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 213, §7, 43 Stat. 884.
Amendments
1951—Act Oct. 31, 1951, substituted United States district court for” for United States court in and for”, and by law for” for on February 12, 1925, for”.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
9-U.S.C.-5 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Arbitration
In this entry about 9-U.S.C.-5, find legal reference material, bibliographies and premiere content related to arbitration in the American Encyclopedia of Law, presenting a comprehensive view of the United States arbitration-specific issues, written by authorities in the field.
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