Jouppi v. Alaska

FJP urged the U.S. Supreme Court to require courts to consider a person’s actual conduct and culpability when determining whether a property forfeiture violates the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause. The brief argues that taking a $95,000 airplane in connection with a misdemeanor involving a six-pack of beer illustrates the need for meaningful constitutional limits on disproportionate forfeitures.