Rule 18 - Argument calendar(a)Criteria for oral argument. Oral argument is unnecessary when: (1) all of the parties have waived oral argument; or(2) the appeal is frivolous; or(3) the dispositive issue or issues have been authoritatively decided; or(4) the facts and legal arguments are adequately presented in the briefs and record on appeal, and the decisional process would not be significantly aided by oral argument.(b)Clerk to prepare argument calendar. The Clerk will prepare a calendar of cases for oral argument. A case ordinarily will be scheduled for argument at least thirty days prior to the date of argument unless circumstances otherwise require. The Clerk will advise counsel when they are required to appear for oral argument, under either Rule 19 or Rule 20, and will publish an argument docket in advance of each session for the convenience of counsel and the information of the public.(c)Consolidated argument. The Intermediate Court or the Supreme Court, on its own motion or by motion of a party, may order that two or more cases involving the same or related assignments of error or questions of law be argued together as one case or on such other terms as may be prescribed.Amended June 15, 2022, effective 7/1/2022.