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Ken Jouppi
Coverage of Ken Jouppi in the Nexus archive.
- Supreme Court agrees to hear case on whether airplane was improperly seized for transporting a six-pack of beer
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case involving Ken Jouppi, an Alaskan pilot whose $95,000 airplane was seized for allegedly transporting a six-pack of beer to a dry village. Jouppi challenges the forfeiture under the Eighth Amendment’s excessive fines clause, after Alaska courts upheld the penalty.
- 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.