CONTINENTAL TREND RESOURCES, INC. v. OXY USA INC.

Nos. 92-6350, 92-6384.

101 F.3d 634 (1996)

CONTINENTAL TREND RESOURCES, INC.; Harold G. Hamm, Trustee of the Harold G. Hamm Revocable Inter Vivos Trust; Gary H. Wright; Cindy Wright; Jeffrey B. Hume; and Farrar Oil Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. OXY USA INC., Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore B. Olson, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., and Mark Snyderman of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, D.C.; David G. Palmer of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Denver, CO; W. DeVier Pierson and Mark E. Greenwold of Pierson Semmes and Bemis, Washington, D.C.; Robert F. Hill and Ronald L. Wilcox of Hill & Robbins, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Burck Bailey, Eric S. Eissenstat and Dino E. Viera of Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens, Oklahoma City, OK; Randy Moeder, General Counsel, Continental Trend Resources, Inc., Enid, OK; Allan DeVore, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Before McWILLIAMS and LOGAN, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, District Judge.


OPINION ON REMAND

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

I

This matter is before us on remand from the United States Supreme Court. In our original opinion, Continental Trend Resources, Inc. v. OXY USA Inc., 44 F.3d 1465 (10th Cir.1995), we upheld a compensatory damages award of $269,000 and a punitive damages award of $30,000,000 — based on tort claims for interference with contracts and prospective business advantage...

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