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Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's reason are per coram. Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices occasionally join multiple reasons in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly.
The Supreme Court of Canada is the court of last resort and final appeal in Canada. Cases that are successfully appealed to the Court are generally of national importance. Once a case is decided the Court will publish written reasons for the decision that consist of one or more reasons from any number of the nine justice
This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the Supreme Court of Canada from the formation of the Court in 1875 to the retirement of Gérald Fauteux in 1973. Note that the Privy Council heard appeals for criminal cases until 1933 and for civil cases until 1949. Also between 1888 and 1926, no criminal appeals were allowed to the ...
October 18, 2023 June 21, 2024 Dow Chemical Canada ULC v. Canada, 2024, 2024 SCC 23 November 9, 2023 June 28, 2024 Iris Technologies Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 SCC 24 November 9, 2023 June 28, 2024 R. v. Hodgson, 2024 SCC 25 February 15, 2024 July 12, 2024 Canada (Attorney General) v. Power, 2024 SCC 26 December 7, 2023 July 19, 2024
Case name Citation Date Subject December 18, 2017 - Appointment of Richard Wagner as Chief Justice of Canada: R v Comeau: 2018 SCC 15: April 19, 2018 Interprovincial trade under Constitution Act, 1867 Reference re Pan‑Canadian Securities Regulation: 2018 SCC 48: November 9, 2018
The Supreme Court Reports (S.C.R.) is the official reporter of the Supreme Court of Canada. Since the creation of the Supreme Court, all of its decisions have been published in the Reports, in both English and French. The first volume was published in 1877 containing the first case ever heard by the Supreme Court, Kelly v. Sullivan.
The following is a list of notable decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada sorted by author. Understanding what cases were authored by whom can be important. For example, in early interpretation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , it has been said there was much agreement.
The case was a successor to the Court's controversial 1994 landmark decision in R v Daviault, which held the common law "Leary rule", which restricts intoxication from being used as a defence, while constitutional to the extent it relates to normal forms of intoxication, could not be justified as it related to extreme forms of intoxication akin ...