Continental Chief, Ex-Wife Continue $1 Billion Ruling Fight
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Oklahoma fracking billionaire Harold Hamm argues that plunging oil prices should entitle him to a break on the almost $1 billion in alimony awarded his ex-wife, while she contends the award is too small.
The couple’s battle will continue on appeal as the Continental Resources Inc. chief executive officer spars with Sue Ann Arnall, his wife for 26 years, over who got the short straw in a November divorce decree. He contends the order giving him Continental stock and her cash and real estate means she’s getting more than the judge intended because of the company’s declining market value.