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1,426.
Labour Relations Board, Saskatchewan v. Dominion Fire Brick and Clay Products Ltd. - [1947] SCR 336 - 1947-05-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
The learned judges in the Court of Appeal referred to Board of Education v. Rice 15, where both certiorari and mandamus were granted, and to Local Government Board v. Arlidge 16, where in the Court of Appeal 17, Lord Justice Vaughan Williams concluded his reasons for quashing an order for the issue of a writ of certiorari
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1,427.
Keay v. Alberta Co-operative Wheat Producers Ltd. - [1929] SCR 616 - 1929-06-13
Supreme Court JudgmentsArbitration
Harold William Keay (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Alberta Co-Operative Wheat Producers, Ltd., and Alberta Pool Elevators, Ltd. (Defendants) Respondents
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1,428.
Tolley v. Guerin - [1926] SCR 566 - 1926-10-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsSale
William F. Tolley (Plaintiff) Appellant; and Joseph H. Guerin and Farmers, & Merchants Bank of Sweet Respondents
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1,429.
The St. John Lumber Company v. Roy - (1916) 53 SCR 310 - 1916-05-16
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
William Roy (Plaintiff) Respondent. 1916: May 16. Present: Sir Charles Fitzpatrick C.J. and Davies, Idington, Anglin and Brodeur JJ.
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1,430.
Canada Cement Co. v. Fitzgerald - (1916) 53 SCR 263 - 1916-05-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsProperty law
DAVIES J.—I agree in dismissing this appeal for the reasons given by Sir William Meredith C.J. in the Appellate Division in delivering the judgment of that court.
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1,431.
Garland, Son & Co. v. O'Reilly - (1911) 44 SCR 197 - 1911-02-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsContract
Eliza O’Reilly (or Petrie) (Plaintiff), and Joseph O’Reilly and William O’Reilly, Executors of the Estate of the Said Edward O’Reilly, Deceased (Defendants) Respondents.
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1,432.
Dominion Iron & Steel Co. v. Oliver - (1905) 35 SCR 517 - 1905-01-31
Supreme Court JudgmentsLabour law
William Oliver (Plaintiff) Respondent. 1904: Nov. 30; 1904: Dec. 1; 1905: Jan. 31.
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1,433.
Atlas Assurance Co. v. Brownwell - (1899) 29 SCR 537 - 1899-06-05
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
Solicitor for the respondents: William T. Pipes. [1] 31 N. S. Rep. 348.
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1,434.
Jones v. Fraser - (1886) 13 SCR 342 - 1886-06-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsEstates
WILLIAM FRASER, (Plaintiff contesting opposition in the Superior Court)
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1,435.
Citizens' and The Queen Insurance Cos. v. Parsons - (1880) 4 SCR 215 - 1880-06-21
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
William Parsons Respondent. The Queen Insurance Co. Appellants; and [...] William Parsons Respondent. _ The Western Assurance Co. Appellants; [...] Mr. William Valentine, President of, and selected by, the Chamber of Commerce, Belfast, answered:
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1,436.
R. v. Stillman - 2019 SCC 40 - [2019] 3 SCR 144 - 2019-07-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Law of England, Book 4. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1765. [...] [24] Jury trials in English courts can be traced back more than 900 years to the time of William the Conqueror (see R. v. Bryant (1984), 48 O.R. (2d) 732 (C.A.), at p. 742, citing W. S. Holdsworth, A History of English Law (5th ed. 1931), vol. 1, at pp. 312-50). [...] Sir William Blackstone, for example, called the jury “the glory of the English law” and “the most transcendent privilege which any subject can enjoy”: Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (8th ed. 1778), vol. 3, at p. 379.
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1,437.
Ordon Estate v. Grail - [1998] 3 SCR 437 - 1998-11-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsAction
Courts
Maritime law
Joanne Maude Perry, William George Perry, William Harold Perry, Janet Ellen MacPhee, Ian Forbes Perry, [...] Nigel H. Frawley and William M. Sharpe, for the respondents Deborah Ordon et al.
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1,438.
Miron v. Trudel - [1995] 2 SCR 418 - 1995-05-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Richard Trudel, William James McIsaac and the Economical Mutual Insurance Company Respondents [...] 5 In August 1987, Miron sustained injuries while a passenger in a motor vehicle owned by the respondent William James McIsaac, and which was driven by the respondent Richard Trudel. [...] In 1987, John Miron was injured while a passenger in a motor vehicle owned by the respondent William James McIsaac and driven by the respondent Richard Trudel.
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1,439.
R. v. Gubbins - 2018 SCC 44 - [2018] 3 SCR 35 - 2018-10-26
Supreme Court JudgmentsR. 206; R. v. Martens, 2013 ABPC 349; R. v. Carter, 2014 ABPC 291, 603 A.R. 366; R. v. Oleksiuk, 2014 ONCJ 313; R. v. Sinclair, 2015 ABQB 113, 75 M.V.R. (6th) 252; R. v. Timmons (1994), 132 N.S.R. (2d) 360; R. v. Anutooshkin (1994), 92 C.C.C. (3d) 59; R. v. Williams, 2000 BCSC 207, 1 M.V.R. (4th) 288; R. v. Keirsted, 2004 [...] malfunctioned or was operated improperly: R. v. Timmons (1994), 132 N.S.R. (2d) 360 (C.A.); R. v. Anutooshkin (1994), 92 C.C.C. (3d) 59 (B.C.C.A.); R. v. Williams, 2000 BCSC 207, 1 M.V.R. (4th) 288, at para. 24; R. v. Keirsted, 2004 ABQB 491; R. v. Singleton, [2004] O.J. No. 5583 (QL) (Ont. C.J.); R. v. Nicolle, 2005
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R. v. Wong - 2018 SCC 25 - [2018] 1 SCR 696 - 2018-05-25
Supreme Court JudgmentsR. v. Latimer, 2001 SCC 1, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 3; R. v. Ruzic, 2001 SCC 24, [2001] 1 S.C.R. 687; Perka v. The Queen, [1984] 2 S.C.R. 232; Southwark London Borough Council v. Williams, [1971] Ch. 734; R. v. Rulli, 2011 ONCA 18; R. v. Henry, 2011 ONCA 289, 277 C.C.C. (3d) 293; R. v. Quick, 2016 ONCA 95, 129 O.R. (3d) 334. [...] The availability of a valid defence such as necessity or duress cannot therefore be approached purely subjectively, lest it “become simply a mask for anarchy” (Latimer, at para. 27, citing Southwark London Borough Council v. Williams, [1971] Ch. 734 (C.A.), at p. 746).
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Buschau v. Rogers Communications Inc. - 2006 SCC 28 - [2006] 1 SCR 973 - 2006-06-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsPensions
Dorothy Mitchell, Shirley C. T. Mui, William Neal, Katherine Sheila Nimmo, Gloria Paiement, Lynda Pasacreta, [...] Onagh Metcalfe, Dorothy Mitchell, Shirley C. T. Mui, William Neal, Katherine Sheila Nimmo, Gloria Paiement, Lynda Pasacreta,
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1,442.
Canada (House of Commons) v. Vaid - 2005 SCC 30 - [2005] 1 SCR 667 - 2005-05-20
Supreme Court JudgmentsAdministrative law
Constitutional law
Anson, William Reynell. The Law and Custom of the Constitution, 5th ed., vol. [...] By William McKay, ed. London: LexisNexis UK, 2004. Heuston, R. F. V. Essays in Constitutional Law, 2nd ed.
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1,443.
Reference re Firearms Act (Can.) - 2000 SCC 31 - [2000] 1 SCR 783 - 2000-06-15
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Lederman, William R. Continuing Canadian Constitutional Dilemmas: Essays on the Constitutional History, Public Law and Federal System of Canada. [...] William Craik and Lee Kirkpatrick, for the Minister of Justice for the Government of the Yukon Territory.
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1,444.
R. v. Gladue - [1999] 1 SCR 688 - 1999-04-23
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
v. McDonald (1997), 113 C.C.C. (3d) 418; R. v. J. (C.) (1997), 119 C.C.C. (3d) 444; R. v. Wells (1998), 125 C.C.C. (3d) 129; R. v. Hunter (1998), 125 C.C.C. (3d) 121; R. v. Young (1998), 131 Man. R. (2d) 61; R. v. Fireman (1971), 4 C.C.C. (2d) 82; R. v. Williams, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 1128; R. v. M. (C.A.), [1996] 1 S.C.R. 500. [...] As this Court recently noted in R. v. Williams, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 1128, at para. 58, there is widespread bias against aboriginal people within Canada, and “[t]here is evidence that this widespread racism has translated into systemic discrimination in the criminal justice system”.
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Canada (Human Rights Commission) v. Canadian Liberty Net - [1998] 1 SCR 626 - 1998-04-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsCourts
William F. Pentney and Eddie Taylor, for the appellant/respondent the Canadian Human Rights Commission. [...] Solicitors for the appellant/respondent the Canadian Human Rights Commission: William Pentney and Eddie Taylor, Ottawa.
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1,446.
R. v. Lucas - [1998] 1 SCR 439 - 1998-04-02
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
Williams, Glanville. Criminal Law: The General Part, 2nd ed. London: Stevens & Sons, 1961. [...] Similarly, Glanville Williams in Criminal Law: The General Part (2nd ed. 1961) states at p. 67, § 29 that:
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1,447.
R. v. Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Society - [1992] 2 SCR 606 - 1992-07-09
Supreme Court JudgmentsAppeal
Competition law
Constitutional law
William H. Richardson, Empire Drugstores Limited, Woodlawn Pharmacy Limited, [...] Limited, William G. Wilson, Woodside Pharmacy Limited and Frank Forbes Appellants
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1,448.
R. v. Kirkness - [1990] 3 SCR 74 - 1990-11-22
Supreme Court JudgmentsCriminal law
Williams, Glanville. Textbook of Criminal Law, 2nd ed. London: Stevens & Sons, 1983. [...] Glanville Williams has suggested that where a defendant has acted positively to assist a crime beyond merely inciting or encouraging it, he must do his best to prevent its commission in order to escape liability.
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United States of America v. Cotroni; United States of America v. El Zein - [1989] 1 SCR 1469 - 1989-06-08
Supreme Court JudgmentsConstitutional law
Criminal law
Castel, J. G. and Sharon A. Williams. "The Extradition of Canadian Citizens and Sections 1 and 6(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ", in The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, vol. 25, published under the auspices of The Canadian Branch, International Law Association. [...] In a recent article, J. G. Castel and Sharon A. Williams, "The Extradition of Canadian Citizens and Sections 1 and 6(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ", in The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, vol. 25 (1987), at pp. 268-69, the authors recount the widespread criticism of this practice.
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Hills v. Canada (Attorney General) - [1988] 1 SCR 513 - 1988-03-24
Supreme Court JudgmentsInsurance
Williams, Jerre S. "The Labor Dispute Disqualification‑‑A Primer and Some Problems" (1955), 8 Vand. [...] L. Rev. 338, Professor J. S. Williams summarized the general rule adopted by American courts at pp. 349‑50: