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Tonya writes for the Raleigh Gossip magazine and is domiciled in North Carolina. After attending a civil procedure conference, she gets a juicy story about the chairperson of the Advisory Committee for the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: he revised some of the rules when he was drunk while living in his cabin in the Alaska wilderness. She confirms the story by making calls into the chairperson's home state of Alaska to speak with neighbors who attest to the chairperson's drinking problem. The Raleigh Gossip magazine distributes newspapers in four stores in Alaska and sells about 10,000 copies a year in Alaska. The chairperson sues for defamation in Alaska federal court and Tonya files a motion to dismiss. Under Calder, what result?A.Denied because the reasonableness factors support personal jurisdiction.B.Granted unless the chairperson can show that Tonya has visited Alaska.C.Granted because mere foreseeability is insufficient to support personal jurisdiction.D.Denied because she knew he would suffer reputational consequences in Alaska.
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