High-stakes booze case tests Alaska plane forfeiture at Supreme Court
TL;DR
The Supreme Court will review Ken Jouppi’s appeal challenging Alaska’s plan to confiscate his 1969 plane after he carried beer to a dry village, arguing the forfeiture violates the Eighth Amendment’s ban on excessive fines; Alaska defends the seizure as a response to the societal harms of illegal alcohol.
Topics:nationcourts-and-law#alaska#alcoholic-beverage-industry#courts-and-law#excessive-fines#legal-proceedings#supreme-court-of-the-united-states
- Supreme Court to decide if man will lose his plane over illicit beer The Washington Post
- Supreme Court to hear from Alaskan bush pilot whose plane was confiscated over a six-pack of beer CNN
- Alaska wants to seize a pilot's plane over a 6-pack of beer. The Supreme Court will hear his case AP News
- Supreme Court agrees to hear case on whether airplane was improperly seized for transporting a six-pack of beer SCOTUSblog
- One six-pack of beer could significantly alter how the Constitution regulates law enforcement Fox News
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