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SMALLWOOD v. ALLIED VAN LINES, INC.

No. 09-56714.

660 F.3d 1115 (2011)

Gary SMALLWOOD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALLIED VAN LINES, INC., and SIRVA, Inc., Delaware companies, dba Allied International, Defendants-Appellants, and Allied Pickfords, LLC (Abu Dhabi), a UAE limited liability company, dba Allied International; Atlas Transfer & Storage Co., a California company, dba Allied International, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 18, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew G. Wagner and Michael A. Hession (argued), Clyde & Co U.S. LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellants.

Haig V. Kalbian , Michelle D. Douglas (argued) and Damira Kamchibekova , Kalbian & Hagerty, LLP, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

Gary Smallwood contracted with Allied Van Lines, Inc. and SIRVA, Inc. (collectively, AVL) to move some of his household goods from southern California to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to move the remainder of the goods—including a box full of firearms and ammunition—to storage. Instead, AVL shipped his weapons to the UAE. When UAE officials discovered Smallwood's weapons, they arrested him, imprisoned him...

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