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3,226.
MacDonald v. R. - [1977] 2 SCR 832 - 1977-04-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
At approximately 2:00 a.m. on September 2nd, the appellant Pentiluk, accompanied by Gus Williams, the deceased Gregory Plytas and John Pearson, arrived at the party. [...] Gregory Plytas interceded and the appellant Pentiluk told her: “You are going to get yours too.” Pentiluk, Williams and Pearson then left; Plytas remained.
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3,227.
McMillan v. R. - [1977] 2 SCR 824 - 1977-04-04
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William George McMillan (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Her Majesty The Queen (Defendant) Respondent. [...] SPENCE J.—This is an appeal by the accused William George McMillan from the judgment of the Court of Appeal for Ontario pronounced on February 14, 1975.
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3,228.
Bedford Service Comm’n. v. A.G. (N.S.) et al. - [1977] 2 SCR 269 - 1977-03-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsAdministrative law
Solicitor for the respondent, the Halifax-Dartmouth Regional Authority: A. William Cox, Halifax.
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3,229.
Leary v. The Queen - [1978] 1 SCR 29 - 1977-03-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
(Assuming this is at all possible in a rape case, see Glanville L. Williams, The Mental Element in Crime (1965), p. 47.)
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3,230.
R. v. Cooper - [1978] 1 SCR 860 - 1977-03-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
At all material times, Gerald William McKendry was employed by the federal government, in DREE, as a director of the Special Analysis Group.
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3,231.
SCR | RCS [1977] vol 1 - 1977-02-02
Canada Supreme Court ReportsWilliam Henkel, Q.C., for the Attorney General William Henkel, c.r., pour le procureur général of Alberta. de l'Alberta. [...] Je parle des dépositions faites par William Alexander MacPherson, Prospero Joseph DeSantis et Jack L. Goodson. [...] As stated in Glanville Williams, ment mauvais. Dans Criminal Law, 2e éd., de Criminal Law, 2d ed., p. 492: "The earlier authori-Glanville Williams, à la p. 492, on précise que: ties had gone on moral wrong."
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3,232.
McNamara Construction et al. v. The Queen - [1977] 2 SCR 654 - 1977-01-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
Solicitor for the Attorney General for Alberta, intervenant: William Henkel, Edmonton.
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3,233.
Sokoloski v. R. - [1977] 2 SCR 523 - 1977-01-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
The issue is dealt with by Williams, Criminal Law (2nd ed. 1961) at pp. 356-357, in terms which commend themselves to me, as follows: [...] Although the correctness of this decision has been doubted (see Williams, Criminal Law (2nd ed. 1961), at pp. 672-73), it does not call for any re-examination here.
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3,234.
Northern Electric Co. Ltd. v. Manufacturers Life Ins. Co. - [1977] 2 SCR 762 - 1976-11-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Priorities and hypothecs
While it is difficult if not impossible to assign to each of the three words “request”, “privity” and “consent” a meaning which will not to some extent overlap that of either of the others, after carefully reading all the authorities cited I accept as settled law the view enunciated in Graham v. Williams, 8 O.R. 478; 9 O.R.
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3,235.
Fidelity and Casualty Co. of New York v. General Structures Inc. - [1977] 2 SCR 1098 - 1976-10-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
William Harold Booth (Defendant) Mis en cause. 1975: December 5; 1976: October 5.
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3,236.
SCR | RCS [1976] vol 2 - 1976-07-12
Canada Supreme Court ReportsJoseph William McHarg, (unreported, a copy of Regina v. Joseph William McHarg, (non publiée, j'ai [...] Williams, Criminal Law, notre droit pénal. Williams le signale à la p. 129 de 2nd ed. [...] William Henkel, Q.C., for the intervenant, the William Henkel, c.r., pour le procureur général Attorney General of Alberta. de l'Alberta, intervenant.
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3,237.
Warkentin v. The Queen - [1977] 2 SCR 355 - 1976-07-12
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
On her return a few minutes later to Williams Lake, she met another friend and was finally convinced to go to the police. [...] Helen Sandy, an 18-year-old native Indian girl, lives a few miles from Williams Lake. [...] On her return to Williams Lake, a few minutes later, she met another friend and was finally convinced to go to the police.
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3,238.
Commerce & Industry Insurance Co. et al. v. West End Investment Co. - [1977] 2 SCR 1036 - 1976-06-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
For the civil lawyer the lessee acquires only a personal right, a claim of enjoyment (Mignault, Le droit civil canadien, Vol. 7, p. 233), whereas in common law the lessee holds part of the property right—he has an “estate or interest in the land or premises demised” (Williams’ Canadian Law of Landlord and Tenant, 4th ed.,
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3,239.
Schwartz v. R. - [1977] 1 SCR 673 - 1976-05-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
As stated in Glanville Williams, Criminal Law, 2d ed., p. 492: “The earlier authorities had gone on moral wrong.”
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3,240.
Silburn v. Antagon Construction Co. Ltd. - [1977] 2 SCR 271 - 1976-05-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsMotor vehicles
William Thomas Silburn Appellant; and Antagon Construction Company Ltd. Respondent.
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3,241.
United States of America v. Shephard - [1977] 2 SCR 1067 - 1976-05-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Hodge's Case (1838), 2 Lewin 227, 168 E.R. 1136; Re Lattimer (1906), 10 C.C.C. 244; Girvin v. The King (1911), 45 S.C.R. 167; R. v. Atwood and Robbins (1788), 1 Leach 464, 168 E.R. 334; R. v. Pipe (1966), 51 Cr. App. R. 17; R. v. Caulfield (1973), 10 C.C.C. (2d) 539; R. v. Williams (1975), 21 C.C.C. (2d) 1, referred to.] [...] The judgment in the Dimaulo case is conveniently reproduced as an appendix to the respondent's factum and a consideration of the jurisprudence and authority there cited discloses that the learned judge relied in great measure on certain statements contained in an article by Mr. Glanville Williams in the Criminal Law [...] Of even greater significance is the judgment of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada in R. v. Williams[21], a case in which leave to appeal to this Court was refused last December.
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3,242.
Di Iorio v. Warden of the Montreal Jail - [1978] 1 SCR 152 - 1976-04-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
Although this is not explicitly stated in the Code, it appears to me that the principle enunciated by Vaughan Williams J. in Re Armstrong[51], (cited in Poje, at p. 518) would be applicable and the imprisonment would determine ex debito justitiae as soon as the person committed yielded obedience to the order of the
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3,243.
Mulligan v. R. - [1977] 1 SCR 612 - 1976-04-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William Eric Mulligan (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Her Majesty The Queen (Defendant) Respondent.
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3,244.
Powell v. Cockburn - [1977] 2 SCR 218 - 1976-04-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsEvidence
International law
I. App. 55; Pemberton v. Hughes, [1899] 1 Ch. 781; Harvey v. Farnie (1880), 5 P.D. 153; Salvesen v. Administrator of Austrian Property, [1927] A.C. 641; MacAlpine v. MacAlpine, [1958] P. 35; Middleton v. Middleton, [1967] P. 62; Williams v. North Carolina (1944), 325 U.S. 226; Ramsay v. Ramsay (1913), 108 L.T. 382 (Prob. [...] Mr. Justice Frankfurter in the Supreme Court of the United States made a finding to this effect in Williams v. North Carolina[16], where he confirmed the right, notwithstanding the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution, collaterally to impeach a decree of divorce made in another State, by proof that the Court had
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3,245.
Powell v. R. - [1977] 1 SCR 362 - 1976-04-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Lonnie William Powell Appellant; and Her Majesty The Queen Respondent.
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3,246.
Committee for Justice and Liberty et al. v. National Energy Board et al. - [1978] 1 SCR 369 - 1976-03-11
Supreme Court JudgmentsAdministrative law
Solicitor for Westcoast Transmission Company Limited: C.D. Williams, Vancouver.
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3,247.
Vail v. MacDonald - [1976] 2 SCR 825 - 1976-02-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsProfessional law
David William MacDonald, York County Hospital and Dr. John Fearon (Defendants) Respondents. [...] RITCHIE J.—This is an appeal by Dr. William J. Vail from a judgment of the Court of Appeal of Ontario varying the judgment rendered at trial by Mr. Justice Addy whereby he had awarded the present respondent damages in the sum of $41,645.65 to be paid equally by the appellant and the York County Hospital Corporation [...] Solicitors for the respondent, David William MacDonald: Benson, McMurtry, Percival & Brown, Toronto.
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3,248.
Vardy v. Scott et al. - [1977] 1 SCR 293 - 1976-02-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
Criminal law
Prerogative writs
I refer to the depositions taken from William Alexander MacPherson, Prospero Joseph DeSantis and Jack L. Goodson. [...] It appeared from the affidavit of one William Alexander MacPherson, filed in support of the motion, that MacPherson was questioned by a constable of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who wrote out his version of the interview which MacPherson signed.
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3,249.
Highway Victims Indemnity Fund v. Magnan - [1977] 1 SCR 793 - 1976-01-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsMotor vehicles
Sherwin-Williams Co. of Canada Ltd. v. Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co. of Canada, [1950] S.C.R. 187, affirmed [1951] A.C. 319; The Workmen’s Compensation Board v. Lachance, [1973] S.C.R. 428; Guardian Assurance Co. v. Town of Chicoutimi (1915), 51 S.C.R. 562; Quebec Fire Assurance Co. v. Molson (1851), 1 L.C.R. 222, 7 [...] Nothing allowed it to raise an argument foreign to the issue in a case where the defendants could in no way invoke plaintiff’s insurance as a ground of defence: Sherwin-Williams Co. of Canada Ltd. v. Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co. of Canada[2].
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3,250.
Trudeau v. Cochrane - [1977] 2 SCR 55 - 1976-01-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
William Adrien Trudeau (Defendant) Appellant; and Edward Grant Cochrane (Plaintiff) Respondent;