( February 25, 2026, 9:09 AM EST) -- TYLER, Texas — A state appellate court panel in Texas has affirmed a trial court verdict in a hydraulic fracturing royalty dispute, saying that it could not conclude that the jury’s ruling in favor of an energy company with regard to deductions in royalty payments to landowners was “against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence.” The panel also held that, in light of the evidence, the jury could conclude that the energy company did not “fail to provide” the landowners with the royalty payment information to which they were entitled....