A Delaware Chancery Court judge on Wednesday said that a metal credit card manufacturer CompoSecure could not rely on a contractual provision to avoid paying a hefty commission to a company it had retained to market its products to high-end customers.

The ruling, outlined in a 12-page report from Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster, could put CompoSecure back on the hook for a nearly $17 million judgment that the state Supreme Court “reluctantly” vacated in the long-running contract dispute, which was triggered by a massive sale to Amazon in 2016.