Mealey's (June 18, 2015, 1:00 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California appeals panel on May 26 dismissed one of the final appeals involving the 2003 Quantification Settlement Agreement (Quantification Settlement Agreement Cases, Nos. C074592 and C076747, Calif. App., 3rd Dist.).

(Opinion available. Document #95-150618-011Z.)

Imperial County, Calif., and the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District filed written stipulations to dismiss their remaining appeals in Judicial Council Coordinated Proceedings (JCCP). They told the court that they reached a settlement.

“After nearly 12 years of legal fisticuffs — at trial and on appeal in...