11 U.S.C. § 1203
Section 1203 · Rights and powers of debtor
Amended 13 times on record
Applied in 41 court decisions — leading case LaBarge v. Benda (In Re Merrifield) (1997)
Most recently applied in Green River Ranches, LLC v. Silva Land Co. (May 2017)
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.
Subject to such limitations as the court may prescribe, a debtor in possession shall have all the rights, other than the right to compensation under section 330, and powers, and shall perform all the functions and duties, except the duties specified in paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 1106(a), of a trustee serving in a case under chapter 11, including operating the debtor's farm or commercial fishing operation.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Codification
For repeal of section effective Oct. 1, 1998, and subsequent reenactment of section, see note set out preceding section 1201 of this title.
Amendments
2005—Pub. L. 109–8, §1007(c)(2), inserted “or commercial fishing operation” after “farm”.
Effective Date of 2005 Amendment
Amendment by section 1007(c)(2) of Pub. L. 109–8 effective 180 days after Apr. 20, 2005, and not applicable with respect to cases commenced under this title before such effective date, except as otherwise provided, see section 1501 of Pub. L. 109–8, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.