Alaska has pursued civil forfeiture of 82-year-old pilot Ken Jouppi's $95,000 airplane for 14 years after a passenger carried a six-pack of Budweiser on a 2012 flight from Fairbanks to the dry village of Beaver. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case the week before July 28, 2026. All factual details originate from Slate reporting.