Supreme Court to decide if Alaska can seize pilot’s plane over 6-pack of beer 

is likely by next summer.

The case stems from an April 3, 2012, flight that Jouppi was scheduled to run for a passenger from Fairbanks to Beaver.

Beaver, a remote area located just more than 100 miles to the north of Fairbanks, is a dry village. Alaska law makes it a state crime to “knowingly send, transport, or bring an alcoholic beverage” there, and continue reading …