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Hilton doctrine

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A quick definition of Hilton doctrine:

The Hilton Doctrine is a rule in civil procedure that says if there is a disagreement between people who have an oil-and-gas lease, the people who would lose their rights if the lease is canceled are very important to the case. They are called indispensable parties. This rule comes from a court case called Hilton v. Atlantic Refining Co. in 1964.

A more thorough explanation:

The Hilton Doctrine is a rule in civil procedure that applies to disputes between parties involved in an oil-and-gas lease. According to this doctrine, if a defendant's lease is challenged, royalty owners who would lose their rights if the lease were terminated are considered indispensable parties to the proceeding.

For example, let's say that a company has leased a piece of land for oil and gas exploration. The lease agreement includes a provision that grants a percentage of the profits to the landowner as royalties. If another party challenges the validity of the lease, the Hilton Doctrine would require that the royalty owners be included in the legal proceedings because they have a direct interest in the outcome of the case.

The Hilton Doctrine was established in the case of Hilton v. Atlantic Refining Co., which was heard by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1964. The court ruled that the royalty owners were indispensable parties to the case because their rights would be affected by the outcome of the dispute.

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11:11
The impression I get is most schools try not to judge based on the political implications of what you write about. They probably care more that you saw a problem and tried to fix it. That seems like a great thing to write a PS about @chowie
11:18
Besides, if a school didn’t let you in for trying to fix a problem you saw in your community, that doesn’t say great things about your school’s culture (assuming the thing you did showed good common sense judgment ofc)
11:19
That school’s* culture
11:23
Thanks Howl you're right :D I def talked about solving problems in my PS
12:03
@HowlEngineer: what's your dream school
MildChiller
12:08
"Have you applied for admission to [school] in a prior year" I applied in Oct. of the 23-24 cycle, should I put 23 or 24 as the year I applied?
MildChiller
12:09
Bcuz 2023 is when I technically applied but I applied for admissions in 2024
12:14
2024 cuz that's when you would've been admitted
I agree with Howl
12:19
Gecko what's ur dream school
Hard to say. I'm pretty firmly committed to the philly area so probably temple or villanova
Also relatively debt averse so I'd have to get a good scholarship from BC or Fordham to want to go but that's not very likely for me
Any advice? lol
[] baddestbunny
12:25
what’s a good scholarship for you? what would make BC or Fordham worth it?
12:25
Hmmmm let me think
[] baddestbunny
12:25
fordham’s max aid they give is 45k per year
Bunny I can possibly get a 75%+ scholarship from villanova or temple, and I'd be moving back in with my parents if I went there so I'd have near-zero COL. It'd be really hard to beat that
I would prefer BC over Fordham just because I like boston more, but I'm expecting a WL there tbh
I would maybe consider BC with $ but I don't know how to decide if a better biglaw chance is worth the COL + higher tuition
12:50
How do I know if my status checkers are properly linked
12:59
@ChowieBean: right now, Michigan, but there are several that come close. How about you?
13:05
@Law01: I haven't gotten the status checkers to work at all. When I sent an email to the LSData folks the other week, they said they were working on fixing them
13:10
but I think "Last Checked" would change from "Never" to something else
13:30
@HowlEngineer: I'll get more specific once I get my LSAT score, but NYU, Berk, GTown, UCLA
13:30
Anywhere that's top for PI
14:54
What do people typically write in the 'Optional Statement' for Georgetown
15:25
Yale application is wayyy too much work
15:28
So many apps want 'post-college activities' time to get a fuckin job
15:55
hey guys what happens if we dont have any honors or achievements oof, just don't include a section for it on the resume?
[] baddestbunny
16:01
They make the Yale app a lot of work to filter out the people who don’t really want it like that
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