Judicial acceptance of withdrawal of contencioso-administrative appeal by ecclesiastical entities

The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed the appeal in full, upholding the appellate court's judgment that had taken note of the withdrawal of the lawsuit by the two plaintiff ecclesiastical entities. The dispute involved a contencioso-administrative action initiated by the Appellate Court level regarding a prior administrative decision, which the plaintiffs subsequently abandoned by formally consenting to the appellate ruling at the supreme level. As a result, the procedural instance was terminated based on the doctrine of adhesion to the appellate judgment and the parties' waiver of further litigation, rendering the 2016 appellate sentence the final and binding operative outcome without the Supreme Court reaching the merits of the underlying administrative challenge.