Alaska Seized a $95,000 Plane Over Illicit Cargo: A Six-Pack of Beer

The plane’s owner, an 82-year-old veteran, has asked the Supreme Court to hear his case and set limits on forfeitures of ...
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Alaska Pilot’s $95,000 Cessna on the Line for Passenger’s Beer

Alaska bush pilot Ken Jouppi is fighting a decade-long legal battle against the state of Alaska over the forfeiture of his airplane due to a passenger carrying beer into a dry village. The Alaska ...
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Alaska has been trying to seize Ken Jouppi's Cessna for 13 years over a misdemeanor crime.

An Alaska man is petitioning the Supreme Court to consider whether the government's seizure of his $95,000 plane for transporting an illicit six-pack of beer is an excessive fine under the Eighth ...