Legal Opinion
Enriqueta Fontan-De-Maldonado v. Lineas Aereas Costarricenses, S.A.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 21, 1991No. 90-1899PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Chief Judge.
The appellant, Ms. Enriqueta Fontán de Maldonado (“Fontán”), is an American citizen who lives in Puerto Rico. She planned a vacation in Costa Rica and booked a ticket, through a travel agent, to fly on a Costa Rican airline, Líneas Aéreas Costar-ricenses, S.A. (“the Airline”). An employee of the Airline, she alleges, told her travel agent that she need take only her birth certificate, not her passport. But, because she did not take her passport, her return journey became a nightmare, with officials in Panama (where she had intended a stopover) refusing to accept her, the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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