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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-703 (2026)

Consolidation of actions; motion and notice

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Whenever two or more actions are pending in the same court which might have been joined, the defendant may, on motion and notice to the adverse party, require him to show cause why the same shall not be consolidated, and if no such cause be shown, the said several actions shall be consolidated.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1964–2024 · leading case: Jordan v. LSF8 Master Participation Trust, 300 Neb. 523 (Neb. 2018).
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Jordan v. LSF8 Master Participation Trust, 300 Neb. 523 (Neb. 2018). · cites it 2× “The right of consolidation of two or more actions pending in the same court is described in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-703 (Reissue 2016) as a motion that may be brought by the defendant.”
Mathiesen v. Kellogg, 315 Neb. 840 (Neb. 2024). · cites it 2× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-703 (Reissue 2016) provides: Whenever two or more actions are pending in the same court which might have been joined, the defendant may, on motion and notice to the adverse party, require him to show cause why the same shall not be consolidated, and if no…”
Bruno v. Kramer, 126 N.W.2d 885 (Neb. 1964). · cites it 4× “It does not come within the authority for consolidation *888 contained in section 25-703, R.R.S.1943, because that statute requires that the actions "might have been joined," and gives the right of consolidation to a defendant.”
Allen v. At & T Tech., Inc., 423 N.W.2d 424 (Neb. 1988). · cites it 2× “The complexities presented by the need to apply differing standards of review in a single appeal may be one of the many reasons Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-703 (Reissue 1985) provides that only actions which might have been joined may be properly consolidated.”
Suhr v. City of Scribner, 295 N.W.2d 302 (Neb. 1980). · cites it 2× “require him to show cause why the same shall not be consolidated,” Neb. Rev. Stat. §25-703 (Reissue 1979), absent those circumstances, there is nothing in the law “that requires a party to join in one suit several distinct causes of action.”
Jordan v. LSF8 Master Participation Trust, 300 Neb. 523 (Neb. 2018). · cites it 2× “[7] The right of consolidation of two or more actions pend- ing in the same court is described in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-703 (Reissue 2016) as a motion that may be brought by the defend­ ant.”
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