VW Diesel Settlement Won’t Get Another Appeals Look

Volkswagen AG’s $10 billion settlement covering owners and leaseholders of its “clean diesel” vehicles won’t get another look at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

The class deal applies to nearly half a million vehicles containing devices to cheat diesel emissions tests. A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit rejected several class members’ challenges to the settlement’s approval in July.

The court rejected Oct. 29 their request for a rehearing of that decision. The issue also won’t be heard by the full court.

Owners and leaseholders, under the terms of the 2016 settlement, are given the ...