11 U.S.C. § 945
Section 945 · Continuing jurisdiction and closing of the case
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case Ault v. Emblem Corp. (In Re Wolf Creek Valley Metropolitan District No. IV) (1992)
Most recently applied in In re Fin. Oversight & Mgmt. Bd. for Puerto Rico (February 2019)
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.
(a) The court may retain jurisdiction over the case for such period of time as is necessary for the successful implementation of the plan.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the court shall close the case when administration of the case has been completed.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Historical and Revision Notes
Section 948 [enacted as section 945] permits the court to retain jurisdiction over the case to ensure successful execution of the plan. The provision is the same as that found in section 96(e) of Chapter 9 of the present Act [section 416(e) of former title 11].
Amendments
1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–353 substituted “implementation” for “execution”.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–353 effective with respect to cases filed 90 days after July 10, 1984, see section 552(a) of Pub. L. 98–353, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.