tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976758.post4363043617812782175..comments2024-03-28T16:08:56.531-05:00Comments on Library Chronicles: Oil and Gas LawsuitsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976758.post-9458964179027434592014-11-06T10:12:50.004-06:002014-11-06T10:12:50.004-06:00I think they are suing the city of Denton because ...I think they are suing the city of Denton because Texas state law allows for hydraulic fracturing. A city or county cannot pass a law that contradicts state law. State law is supreme, analogous to the Supremacy Clause in the US Constitution. This has also happened in Colorado. The cities or counties lost the legal argument.Jubilation T. Cornponenoreply@blogger.com