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Alaska pilot penalized for six-pack wins Supreme Court review
An Alaska pilot, Ken Jouppi, is challenging a mandatory airplane forfeiture after state troopers found beer in a passenger's luggage during a 2012 flight to a dry village. The Supreme Court agreed to review whether the punishment violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on excessive fines.
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