SUPREME COURT OF CANADA ‑‑ JUDGMENTS ON APPEALS
OTTAWA, 26/9/97. THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA HAS TODAY DEPOSITED WITH THE REGISTRAR JUDGMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING APPEALS.
FROM: SUPREME COURT OF CANADA (613)995‑4330
COUR SUPRÊME DU CANADA ‑‑ JUGEMENTS SUR POURVOIS
OTTAWA, 26/9/97. LA COUR SUPRÊME DU CANADA A DÉPOSÉ AUJOURD'HUI AUPRÈS DU REGISTRAIRE LES JUGEMENTS DANS LES APPELS SUIVANTS.
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25810 THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, GEORGE WEBER, DR. ROGER A. PERRAULT, DR. MARTIN G. DAVEY, DR. TERRY STOUT, DR. JOSEPH ERNEST CÔME ROUSSEAU, DR. NOEL ADAMS BUSKARD, DR. RAYMOND M. GUEVIN, DR. JOHN SINCLAIR MACKAY, DR. MAX GORELICK, DR. ROSLYN HERST AND DR. ANDREW KAEGI AND BAYER INC. AND BAXTER CORPORATION v. THE HONOURABLE HORACE KREVER, COMMISSIONER OF THE INQUIRY ON THE BLOOD SYSTEM IN CANADA and THE CANADIAN HEMOPHILIA SOCIETY, THE CANADIAN AIDS SOCIETY, CANADIAN HEMOPHILIACS INFECTED WITH HIV, T-COR, THE HIV-T GROUP (BLOOD TRANSFUSED), THE TORONTO AND CENTRAL ONTARIO REGIONAL HEMOPHILIA SOCIETY, THE HEPATITIS C SURVIVORS’ SOCIETY, THE HEPATITIS C GROUP OF TRANSFUSION RECIPIENTS & HEMOPHILIACS AND JANET CONNERS (INFECTED SPOUSES & CHILDREN) ASSOCIATION (F.C.A.)(Ont.)
CORAM: The Chief Justice and La Forest, L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka,
Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ.
The appeal is dismissed.
Le pourvoi est rejeté.
25063 R.D.S. v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN and THE WOMEN’S LEGAL EDUCATION AND ACTION FUND, THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF IMMIGRANT AND VISIBLE MINORITY WOMEN OF CANADA, THE AFRICAN CANADIAN LEGAL CLINIC, THE AFRO-CANADIAN CAUCUS OF NOVA SCOTIA AND THE CONGRESS OF BLACK WOMEN OF CANADA (Crim.)(N.S.)
CORAM: The Chief Justice and La Forest, L’Heureux-Dubé, Sopinka,
Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ.
The appeal is allowed, the judgments of the Court of Appeal and of Glube C.J.S.C. are set aside and the decision of Judge Sparks dismissing the charges against R.D.S. is restored, Lamer C.J. and Sopinka and Major JJ. dissenting.
Le pourvoi est accueilli, les jugements de la Cour d’appel et du juge en chef Glube sont annulés et la décision du juge Sparks rejetant les accusations portées contre R.D.S. est rétablie. Le juge en chef Lamer et les juges Sopinka et Major sont dissidents.