Fact Pattern 2-1 Yoshi, a Japanese Citizen Working in Atlanta for His Tokyo

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Fact Pattern 2-1
Yoshi, a Japanese citizen working in Atlanta for his Tokyo firm, decided to rent an airplane and fly himself to the Annual Catfish and Zydeco festival in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He rented a small plane to fly there. Over Alabama, thunderstorms formed. Because Yoshi was not trained to fly by instruments, he decided to land at the next airport.
As he searched for a runway, Yoshi heard a loud clank followed by silence as the engine died. He tried to land in a field but crashed. While recovering in a rehabilitation center in California, Yoshi filed suit there against the Atlanta Airport and the owners of the airplane, alleging that they were negligent in their maintenance.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 2-1. Suppose Yoshi can exercise jurisdiction over the defendants in court in California. They fail to appear to defend themselves and Yoshi wins a default judgment for $5 million which defendants do not pay. Yoshi discovers that the owner of the airplane also owns a Lear jet, which is in San Diego. If Yoshi has the court seize the jet in satisfaction of the judgment, Yoshi has obtained what type of jurisdiction?

• A) in personam jurisdiction
• B) de novo jurisdiction
• C) lex loci jurisdiction
• D) quasi in rem jurisdiction
• E) in rem jurisdiction

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Definitions:

Out-Of-Control Signal

A statistical term referring to a point on a control chart that falls outside the predetermined control limits, indicating a potential process anomaly.

Lower Control Limit

The lower threshold in control charts beneath which the process variability is considered out of control or unusual.

In Control

A term referring to a process that is operating within its expected variability limits and is stable over time.

Stable

Referring to a condition or system that remains unchanged over time or is resistant to sudden change or deterioration.