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Quebec (Attorney General) v. 9147-0732 Québec inc. - 2020 SCC 32 - [2020] 3 SCR 426 - 2020-11-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Columbia (Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations), 2017 SCC 54, [2017] 2 S.C.R. 386; Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005); Reyes v. The Queen, [2002] UKPC 11, [2002] 2 A.C. 235; S. v. Williams, 1995 (3) S.A. 632; A newspaper publishing company v. Trinidad and Tobago, Communication No. 360/1989, U.N. Doc. Supp. [...] (para. 30; see also S. v. Williams, 1995 (3) S.A. 632 (C.C.), at para. 35.) [...] In Williams, the Constitutional Court invalidated juvenile whipping provisions, connecting the dots between the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, s. 12 of the Canadian Charter , and other international instruments to unite them in protecting “human dignity”.
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Ktunaxa Nation v. British Columbia (Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations) - 2017 SCC 54 - [2017] 2 SCR 386 - 2017-11-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsPeter Grant, Jeff Huberman, Karenna Williams and Diane Soroka, for the appellants. [...] Paul Williams, for the intervener the Council of the Passamaquoddy Nation at Schoodic. [...] Solicitor for the intervener the Council of the Passamaquoddy Nation at Schoodic: Paul Williams, Ohsweken, Ontario.
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Pro‑Sys Consultants Ltd. v. Microsoft Corporation - 2013 SCC 57 - [2013] 3 SCR 477 - 2013-10-31
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil procedure
Landes, William M., and Richard A. Posner. “Should Indirect Purchasers Have Standing To Sue Under the Antitrust Laws? [...] Landes, William M., and Richard A. Posner. “The Economics of Passing On: A Reply to Harris and Sullivan” (1980), 128 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1274. [...] Shortly after the judgment was issued, American scholars William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner (now a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit) published an article defending the rule barring indirect purchaser actions (see “Should Indirect Purchasers Have Standing To Sue Under the Antitrust Laws?
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Wewaykum Indian Band v. Canada - 2002 SCC 79 - [2002] 4 SCR 245 - 2002-12-06
Supreme Court JudgmentsAboriginal law
Action
McMurtry, William R., and Alan Pratt. “Indians and the Fiduciary Concept, Self‑Government and the Constitution: Guerin in Perspective”, [1986] 3 C.N.L.R. 19. [...] The Indian Agent William Halliday reported to Ottawa that “I deemed it necessary to get an expression of opinion from the Indians regarding ownership of this reserve [i.e., Reserve No. 11]”. [...] In our opinion, Guerin, together with R. v. Taylor and Williams (1981), 34 O.R. (2d) 360, ground a general guiding principle for s. 35(1) .
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R. v. Jobidon - [1991] 2 SCR 714 - 1991-09-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Williams, Glanville. Textbook of Criminal Law, 2nd ed. London: Stevens & Sons, 1983. [...] See Watt, op. cit., at p. 216; Clarkson and Keating, op. cit., at pp. 283-92; G. Williams, Textbook of Criminal Law (2nd ed. 1983), at pp. 549 and 576-78; and Law Reform Commission of Canada, Working Paper 38, Assault, op. cit., at p. 24. [...] He noted that Professor Williams, op. cit., at p. 585, has suggested that in modern times the rationale of the rule may be that the victim will likely become a public charge, contrary to the public interest.
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Denis-Cossette v. Germain - [1982] 1 SCR 751 - 1982-05-31
Supreme Court JudgmentsCivil law
Civil procedure
The said immoveable belongs to the seller, who acquired it from her mother Dame Sarah Leclerc, widow of Mr. William Herbert Dynes, by a gift recorded before Mr. Arthur Duval, notary, on February 2, 1948, as No. 15,780 of his minutes, duly registered at Quebec City, on February 5 following, as No. 321,716. [...] [TRANSLATION] YOU will also note that Dame Isabelle Dynes, widow of Henri Denis, sold the said lots by mutual consent and with authorization of the Superior Court, however, to her mother, Dame Sarah Leclerc, widow of William Herbert Dynes (registration No. 321715), and that, subsequently, Dame Sarah Leclerc gave the said [...] consent to her mother, Dame Sarah Leclerc, the widow of William Herbert Dynes, by deed of sale concluded before Mr. Arthur Duval, notary, on August 27, 1947, a copy of which was registered at Quebec City on February 5, 1948 as No. 321715;
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Reference Re Workers' Compensation Act, 1983 (Nfld.) - [1989] 1 SCR 922 - 1989-04-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Solicitors for the intervener the Workers' Compensation Commission of Newfoundland: Williams, Harris, Roebothan & McKay, St. John's.
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Public Trustee v. Weisbrod and Weisbrod - [1968] SCR 55 - 1967-10-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
William A. Stevenson, for the respondents. On the conclusion of the argument, the following judgment was delivered.
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Byers v. Bourbonnais - [1963] SCR 117 - 1962-11-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsMotor vehicles
William Byers (Plaintiff) Appellant; and René Bourbonnais (Defendant) Respondent.
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Temple v. Bulmer - [1943] SCR 265 - 1943-04-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsPrerogative writs
William Temple (Plaintiff) Appellant; and C.F. Bulmer (Defendant) Respondent.
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Carroll v. Erie County Natural Gas and Fuel Co. - (1899) 29 SCR 591 - 1899-06-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
Samuel S. Carroll and William E. Carroll (Plaintiffs) Appellants; and
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Martin v. Sampson - (1897) 26 SCR 707 - 1897-01-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
William Sampson and H.R. Angus (Defendants) Respondents. 1897: January 15, 25.
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R. v. Campbell - [1999] 2 SCR 956 - 1998-12-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Courts
Written submissions by E. William Olson, Q.C., and Vivian E. Rachlis, for the province of Manitoba.
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Goldsworthy v. Thompson - [1975] 2 SCR 271 - 1974-06-28
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
William Maurice Thompson Respondent. 1974: June 12; 1974: June 28.
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Graham v. The Queen - [1959] SCR 652 - 1959-06-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
William Clayton Graham. (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Her Majesty The Queen (Defendant) Respondent.
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Pearson v. The Queen - [1959] SCR 369 - 1959-02-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
On the voir dire on the question of admissibility two witnesses were called by the Crown, namely, Albert William Meston and Timothy James Corkery.
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Royal Bank of Canada v. Mack - [1932] SCR 488 - 1932-03-01
Supreme Court JudgmentsFinancial institutions
William Mack (Plaintiff) Respondent 1931: October 14, 15. 1932: March 1
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Canadian Pacific Ry. Co. v. Hay - (1919) 58 SCR 282 - 1919-03-03
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
William Howard Hay (Plaintiff). Respondent 1919: February 24; 1919: March 3.
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Chambers v. Canadian Pacific Ry. Co. - (1913) 48 SCR 162 - 1913-04-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsTransportation
Edward Bushnell Chambers and William Robert George Phair Appellants;
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Blaine v. Jamieson - (1908) 41 SCR 25 - 1908-11-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
William Jamieson Respondent. 1908: November 24. Present: Sir Charles Fitzpatrick C.J. and Girouard, Davies, Idington and Duff JJ.
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Thompson v. Coulter - (1903) 34 SCR 261 - 1903-11-30
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
William Thompson and Adam Pinch, executors of the last will and testament of John David Thewes, Deceased (Plaintiffs) Appellants;
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Cully v. Ferdais - (1900) 30 SCR 330 - 1900-05-17
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
WILLIAM CULLY (OPPOSANT) Appellant; And FRANCOIS ALIAS FRANCIS FER DAIS (CONTESTANT)
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Taylor v. Cummings - (1897) 27 SCR 589 - 1897-06-07
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
The claim of the plaintiff for an account against William Cummings & Son and the People's Bank, with a view of making them pay over to the creditors the moneys received by them under the deed on account of the assignor's indebtedness to them, is absolutely untenable under English law, in an action to declare a deed void
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Merritt v. Hepenstal - (1895) 25 SCR 150 - 1895-10-31
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
William H. Merritt (Defendant) Appellant And Reginald F. D. Hepenstal (Plaintiff)
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R. v. Kirkpatrick - 2022 SCC 33 - 2022-07-29
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Douglas, William O. “Stare Decisis” (1949), 49 Colum. L. Rev. 735. Duxbury, Neil. [...] Williams, Glanville, and A. T. H. Smith. Glanville Williams: Learning the Law, 17th ed. [...] This method is described by some scholars as “restrictive distinguishing” (see, e.g., G. Williams and A. T. H. Smith, Glanville Williams: Learning the Law (17th ed. 2020), at pp. 83-85; N. Duxbury, The Nature and Authority of Precedent (2008), at p. 114; D. Parkes, “Precedent Unbound?