The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal of a case where the state of Alaska sought to confiscate a Cessna U206D belonging to charter pilot Kenneth Jouppi. The case stems from a planned April 3, 2012 Ken Air flight from Fairbanks to Beaver, and some luggage that contained beer, which was a prohibited item in Beaver.
Before takeoff, an Alaska state trooper searched the 206 and found three cases of beer, including a six-pack in a paper bag. According to attorney James Crowson, who is not involved in the case, the jury in Jouppi’s trial ruled that he saw the six-pack and thus knew that alcohol was being transported to Beaver. Jouppi was convicted and sentenced to a $1,500 fine and three days in jail, and his airplane became the subject of a long-running effort by the state to confiscate it, in addition to the punishment he had already received.
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