The operating unit's bankruptcy plan is opposed by junior noteholders, a group of large hedge funds, who filed an involuntary bankruptcy against the unit on Monday in Delaware.

Judge Kevin Gross in Wilmington, Delaware, said he expected his order would allow Caesars' operating unit to seek routine "first-day" orders on an interim basis, but not final orders.

(Reporting by Tom Hals in Wilmington, Delaware; Editing by James Dalgleish)