Rule 2.090.Filings for Consolidated Cases

Current through August 1, 2026 · Last verified September 12, 2026

In one sentenceUTCR 2.090 treats consolidation as a device for hearing or trial only, so a document that applies to more than one consolidated case must be filed in each case under its own number and caption unless the court or a supplementary local rule says otherwise.

Full Text of Rule 2.090

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(1) Cases that are consolidated are consolidated for purposes of hearing or trial only. A party filing any pleading, memorandum, or other document applicable to more than one case must file the document in each case using existing case numbers and captions unless otherwise ordered by the court or provided by Supplementary Local Rule (SLR).

(2) A court order or SLR under this rule may permit designation of a lead case and require that parties file documents using only the case number and caption of the lead case.

(3) Unless otherwise ordered by the court, a party filing a document applicable to only one case must file only in that case.

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Plain-English Summary

Consolidation feels like a merger, and the rule opens by saying it is not one. Cases that are consolidated are consolidated for purposes of hearing or trial only. Each case keeps its own number, its own caption, and its own file. A party filing a pleading, memorandum, or other document that applies to more than one of them files the document in each case, using the existing case numbers and captions.

There is a release valve. A court order or a supplementary local rule may permit the parties to designate a lead case and require filings to use only that case number and caption. The permission has to come from one of those two sources. Deciding on your own that one number will serve is not an option the rule offers.

The reverse situation is covered too. Unless the court orders otherwise, a document that applies to only one of the consolidated cases goes in that case alone. The same pattern carries into electronic filing, where UTCR 21.070 repeats the requirement to eFile a document applicable to more than one case in each case, unless a court order or a supplementary local rule adopted under this rule provides otherwise.

Frequently Asked Questions

My cases were consolidated. Do I file once or in every case?

In every case the document applies to, using each case's existing number and caption. Consolidation under this rule is for hearing or trial only and does not collapse the files into one.

Can we use a single lead case number instead?

Only if a court order or a supplementary local rule allows it. Either may permit designating a lead case and require parties to file using only that case number and caption. Absent one of those, file in each case.

What is a supplementary local rule?

A rule adopted by an individual judicial district that supplements the UTCR for practice in that district. Because a local rule can change how consolidated filings work under this rule, check the supplementary local rules for the county where your case sits.

Does the same requirement apply when I eFile?

Yes. UTCR 21.070(4) carries it into electronic filing: a party eFiling a document applicable to more than one case file must eFile it in each case using the existing case numbers and captions, unless a court order or a supplementary local rule adopted under this rule provides otherwise.

What if a document applies to only one of the consolidated cases?

File it only in that case. That is the default the rule sets, and it holds unless the court orders otherwise.

Source & verification. The rule text is reproduced verbatim from the official Oregon Uniform Trial Court Rules (UTCR 2.090). Prescribed by the Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court (UTCR 1.020). The plain-English summary is original and written by us. Last verified September 12, 2026. · Official source

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