---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 1503.613"
title: "49"
number: "1503.613"
heading: "Consolidation and separation of cases."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/1503.613"
---

# §1503.613. Consolidation and separation of cases.

- (a) **Consolidation.** If two or more actions involve common questions of law or fact, the Chief Administrative Law Judge may do the following:
  - (1) **Order a joint hearing or trial on any or all such questions.**
  - (2) **Order the consolidation of such actions.**
  - (3) Otherwise make such orders concerning the proceedings as may tend to avoid unnecessary costs or delay.
- (b) **Consolidation shall not affect the applicability of this part.** Consolidation of two or more actions that individually meet the jurisdictional amounts set forth in [§ 1503.601(a)(2)](/cfr/49/1503.601.md?p=a-2) shall not cause the resulting consolidated action to come under the exclusive jurisdiction of the district courts of the United States as specified in [49 U.S.C. 46301(d)(4)(A)](/usc/49/46301.md?p=d-4-A).
- (c) **Separate trials.** The Chief Administrative Law Judge, in furtherance of convenience or to avoid prejudice, or when separate trials will be conducive to expedition and economy, may order a separate trial of any claim, or of any separate issue, or any number of claims or issues.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority : 6 U.S.C. 1142; 18 U.S.C. 6002; 28 U.S.C. 2461 (note); 49 U.S.C. 114, 20109, 31105, 40113-40114, 40119, 44901-44907, 44939, 46101-46107, 46109-46110, 46301, 46305, 46311, 46313-46314; Pub. L. 110-53 (121 Stat. 266, Aug. 3, 2007) secs. 1408 (6 U.S.C. 1137), 1501 (6 U.S.C. 1151), 1517 (6 U.S.C. 1167), and 1534 (6 U.S.C. 1184).

### Source

Source: 74 FR 36039, July 21, 2009, unless otherwise noted.