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Supreme Court to weigh Alaska's attempt to seize pilot's plane over passenger's six-pack

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a dispute in which an elderly pilot says Alaska has been trying for more than a decade to permanently seize his airplane after he transported a passenger carrying a six-pack of beer.

Published Jul 21, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT | LehighValleyLive

For more than a decade a pilot, now in his 80s, has contended that the state of Alaska has been trying to permanently seize his airplane after he transported a passenger carrying a six-pack of beer.