( May 8, 2026, 1:18 PM EDT) -- SALT LAKE CITY — A contractor has filed notice that it is appealing to the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals a Utah federal judge’s dismissal of his claims that a Native American tribe breached its agreement with him in a longstanding and complex dispute over revenue the contractor said he was owed for work he performed pursuant to oil and gas leases on tribal lands. The notice was filed following a judge’s denial of the contractor’s motion to reconsider the dismissal ruling....