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. Yoshi sues defendants $5 million. The defendants may ask the California court to use its:

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The defendants may ask the California court to use its removal powers to move the suit to a federal court. This is because the lawsuit involves parties from different states (Yoshi is a Japanese citizen and the defendants are based in Atlanta, Georgia) and the amount in controversy is over $75,000, which satisfies the requirements for diversity jurisdiction in federal court. The defendants can use the removal process to transfer the case from state court to federal court.  Alternatively, they could ask the court to dismiss the case for lack of personal jurisdiction or improper venue, but these options are not listed in the answer choices.

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