(April 29, 2024, 2:22 PM EDT) -- DENVER — An oil and gas company on April 26 filed its opening brief in the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals challenging an order and final judgment that terminated a long-running hydraulic fracturing royalty dispute, arguing that the lower court erred when it adopted a ruling from a previous judge that granted an energy company summary judgment on its claim for its royalty share of a $17.5 million consideration paid by another party in the litigation as part of a settlement....