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YAMAHA MOTOR CO., LTD. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. G041255.

174 Cal.App.4th 264 (2009)

___ Cal.Rptr.3d ___

YAMAHA MOTOR COMPANY, LTD., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; JACK R. CONNORS, a Minor, etc., et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

May 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones Day, Thomas R. Malcolm, Frederick L. McKnight, Erik K. Swanholt, Brian M. Hoffstadt; Bowman & Brooke, Paul G. Cereghini, Robert K. Miller, Stephen J. Kelley and Renee S. Konigsberg for Petitioner.

O'Melveny & Myers, Thomas M. Riordan and Katherine A. Lindsey for Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack, Walter J. Lack, Gary A. Praglin, Gregory P. Waters and Richard P. Kinnan for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

SILLS, P. J.—

This court issued an OSC (order to show cause) in response to this petition for writ of mandate because it presents an issue of some public importance that has not yet been squarely faced by a California state court, in a published opinion, in this particular context: The question of whether a Japanese manufacturer can be served under California law simply by...

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