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51 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 275 (2018-2019)
A Big Bend in Jurisdiction: Preserving the Environment and Addressing the Basis of a Claim through Sequential Jurisdiction

handle is hein.journals/text51 and id is 299 raw text is: A BIG BEND IN JURISDICTION: PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND ADDRESSING THE BASIS OF A CLAIM THROUGH SEQUENTIAL JURISDICTION Hannah Putnam* I. THE GREENBELT: TIGHTENING UP LITIGATION AND FOCUSING ON THE BASIS OF A CLAIM ........................................ 275 II. THE DENSE EVERGREENS: INFORMATION ON PRIMARY JURISDICTION AND OIL AND GAS ................... ......... 276 A. The Ancient Pyramids: The History of the Oil and Gas Industry in Texas ........................................ 277 B. Saving the Rainforest: Preventing Waste in Oil and Gas Operations...................... ................ 277 C. Navigating Mount Everest: Figuring Out Where to Fix the Problem........................... ............. 279 D. Old Faithful of the Lone Star State: The Railroad Commission of Texas ........................................ 279 III. THE GREAT BARRIER (REEF): THE CURRENT SYSTEM FOR CONTAMINATION CLAIMS ...................................... 281 A. Addressing the Badlands Associated with Primary Jurisdiction ...................................... 281 B. The Great Divide: Both Sides of Specialized Courts .... ..... 284 C. Remember the Alamo but Forget About Primary Jurisdiction .... 288 1. House Bill 2881 .......................... ...... 288 2. Forest Oil .................................... 292 D. The Rebels: Mississippi's Frontier with Primary Jurisdiction .... 294 E. The French Quarter's Take on Primary Jurisdiction .................. 296 IV. CLEARING THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: FINDING A SOLUTION THROUGH SEQUENTIAL JURISDICTION ................... ..... 299 V. AT THE END OF ROUTE 66: A BRIEF CONCLUSION ....... ........ 303 I. THE GREENBELT: TIGHTENING UP LITIGATION AND FOCUSING ON THE BASIS OF A CLAIM The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.' This proposition rings especially true in light of the oil and gas exploration that has inundated the South * J.D. Candidate, Texas Tech University School of Law, 2019. 1. LADYBIRD JOHNSON, http://www.ladybirdjohnson.org (last visited Dec. 30, 2018). 275

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