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dry village
Coverage of dry village in the Nexus archive.
- Alaska wants to seize a pilot’s plane over a 6-pack of beer. The Supreme Court will hear his case
The Supreme Court has agreed to review an Alaska bush pilot's claim that state authorities attempted to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry village.
- Supreme Court to decide if Alaska can seize pilot's plane over 6-pack of beer
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case involving an Alaskan pilot whose 1969 Cessna airplane was seized by the state over a passenger attempting to transport a six-pack of Budweiser into a dry village. The pilot is challenging Alaska's authority to confiscate the plane under these circumstances.