Supreme Court to decide if Alaska pilot could lose plane over 6-pack of beer
- The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a unique and significant case involving an Alaska bush pilot whose $95,000 airplane faces seizure after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer onto a flight bound for a dry village.
- Pilot Kenneth Jouppi was convicted of an alcohol-related misdemeanor.
- Following this, state authorities moved to confiscate his 1969 Cessna, a decision previously upheld by the Alaska Supreme Court under criminal forfeiture laws.
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- The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a unique and significant case involving an Alaska bush pilot whose $95,000 airplane faces seizure after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer onto a flight bound for a dry village.
- Pilot Kenneth Jouppi was convicted of an alcohol-related misdemeanor.
- Following this, state authorities moved to confiscate his 1969 Cessna, a decision previously upheld by the Alaska Supreme Court under criminal forfeiture laws.
Sources: The Independent