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The new provincial Supreme Court inherited much of the jurisdiction of the territorial Supreme Court. Some jurisdiction of the territorial court was assigned to several lower district courts created at the same time as the new provincial Supreme Court. In 1921, the Supreme Court was reorganized to have an independent trial division (Supreme ...
The court originated from the old Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories which was replaced by the Supreme Court of Alberta in 1907 (shortly after Alberta became a province in 1905). The new Supreme Court of Alberta comprised a trial division and an appellate division (essentially, brother justices of the Supreme Court sitting en banc with ...
Reference Re Alberta Statutes, [1] also known as the Alberta Press case and the Alberta Press Act Reference, is a landmark reference of the Supreme Court of Canada where several provincial laws, including one restricting the press, were struck down and the existence of an implied bill of rights protecting civil liberties such as a free press was first proposed.
"This is an Appeal by special leave from a Judgment of a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada dated 13th April, 1948, allowing the respondent's Appeal from the Judgment of a majority of the Supreme Court of Alberta, Appellate Division, dated the 24th December, 1946, which affirmed a judgment of Shepherd J. in the Supreme Court of Alberta ...
"This is an appeal by special leave from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada, dated the 2nd May, 1922, on a reference by the Governor-General in Council under Section 60 of the Supreme Court Act (R.S.C. 1906, c. 139) of certain questions touching the right of the Honourable Horace Harvey, notwithstanding the statutes passed by the ...
"This is an appeal by the Attorney-General of Alberta from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada (Duff C.J., Cannon, Crocket, Davis, Kerwin and Hudson JJ.) dated 4th March, 1938, on a reference to them by the Governor-General of Canada under section 55 of the Supreme Court Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1927, c. 35). The subject of the ...
The Supreme Court reaffirmed the appeal court. The Insurance Act and its associated regulations apply to the banks' promotion of insurance. The fact that Parliament allows a bank to enter into a provincially regulated line of business such as insurance cannot, by federal statute, unilaterally broaden the scope of an exclusive federal legislative power granted by the Constitution Act, 1867.
As a result, Justice John Idington, aged 86, was forced to retire from the Court. Since the Supreme Court was created in 1875, 90 persons have served on the Court. The length of overall service on the Court for the 81 non-incumbent justices ranges from Sir Lyman Duff's 37 years, 101 days, to the 232-day tenure of John Douglas Armour.