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A California corporation with its principal place of business in California is sued in federal court in South Carolina by a South Carolina citizen seeking $90,000. The corporation has no contacts with South Carolina. What is the most accurate statement about jurisdiction?

Subject-matter jurisdiction exists, but the court lacks personal jurisdiction absent minimum contacts with South Carolina Subject-matter jurisdiction is proper because the parties are diverse and the amount exceeds $75,000 The court has both subject-matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction over the corporation Neither subject-matter nor personal jurisdiction exists

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Subject-matter jurisdiction exists, but the court lacks personal jurisdiction absent minimum contacts with South Carolina

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