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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review an Alaska bush pilot's claims that state authorities have tried to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry village.
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Supreme Court to decide if Alaska can seize pilot's plane over 6-pack of beer
(The Center Square) — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case over whether an Alaskan pilot's plane can be seized after he transported alcohol into a town where it is illegal.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up an Alaskan pilot’s challenge to the state’s bid to seize his 1969 Cessna airplane over a passenger who tried to fly in a six-pack of Budweiser into a dry village.
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from an Alaskan bush pilot whose plane was seized by authorities after they discovered it was bound for a remote, dry village with beer on board.
After Alaska tried to take his airplane for illegally carrying a six-pack of beer, an 82-year-old Air Force veteran says he’ll fight to protect against government overreach at the Supreme Court next term.
The Supreme Court on Monday morning added a new case to its oral argument docket for the 2026-27 term . As part of a regularly scheduled summer order list , the justices agreed to review Jouppi v. Alaska , an Alaskan bush pilot’s challenge to the forfeiture of his $95,000 airplane – which prosecutor…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review an Alaska bush pilot’s claims that state authorities have tried to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry village.
The Supreme Court will hear a case over whether Alaska imposed an unconstitutional excessive fine by seizing a man’s plane after he errantly transported a six-pack of beer to a town that outlaws alcohol. The high court said on Monday that it would take up arguments in Jouppi v.
The pilot claims state authorities have tried to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry village.
The case stems from April 2012, when Kenneth Jouppi was preparing to fly a passenger from Fairbanks to the remote village of Beaver, where alcohol is banned.
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review an Alaska bush pilot's claims that state authorities have tried to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry village.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case of an Alaska bush pilot claiming authorities are violating his Eighth Amendment rights after they tried to seize his airplane over beer.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear the case of an Alaska bush pilot claiming authorities violated his Eighth Amendment rights after they tried to seize his airplane over beer. […]
Fourteen years ago, the state of Alaska tried to seize a man’s $95,000 small airplane because one of his passengers tried to bring beer into a dry village. Now the Supreme Court will use his case to further clarify the scope of the excessive fines Clause.
C.J. Ciaramella, Reason The Supreme Court will hear Ken Jouppi's challenge to the seizure of his plane over a six-pack of beer, testing limits on civil asset forfeiture.
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