(February 12, 2018, 10:22 AM EST) -- DENVER — A divided panel of the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 5 reversed and remanded a hydraulic fracturing dispute and then made that ruling official on Jan. 29, concluding that a fracking company was entitled to summary judgment on an implied-covenant claim stemming from a surface-use agreement entered into by the company and landowners. As a result, the majority ordered a district court to vacate the $1,751,991 damages award given to the landowners (Denbury Onshore LLC v. Robert F. Christensen, et al., No. 15-8106, 10th Cir.)....