( September 4, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT) -- DENVER — A 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel dismissed two family members’ appeal of a contempt order to show cause issued against them for bringing claims related to alleged underpayment of mineral rights royalties against companies that operate hydraulically fractured wells in Oklahoma that were allegedly released by a related class action settlement, writing that the lower court had not yet entered a final, appealable ruling finding contempt or imposing a sanction....