• • Atty. Rogelio Vinluan was traveling around Europe and the US with Japan Airlines and other airlines • • He had a first class ticket on his TWA flight from JFK to San Francisco • • He reconfirmed twice • • But when he got to JFK, he was told that there were no more first class seats • • Then he saw that Caucasians who checked-in after him were accommodated • • Vinluan was forced to take an economy class seat • • Vinluan sued TWA for damages