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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
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 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.
Pages in category "Lists of Supreme Court of Canada cases" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Syndicat Northcrest v Amselem [2004] 2 S.C.R. 551 was a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada that attempted to define freedom of religion under the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms and section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Although the Supreme Court split on their definition, the majority advocated tolerating a ...
Any decisions from this era that the Supreme Court of Canada has not overruled since gaining appellate supremacy in 1949 remain good law, and continue to bind all Canadian courts other than the Supreme Court. [1] As Canada's ultimate judicial authority for most of its first century as a country following Confederation, the Judicial Committee ...
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 Cooperative federalism; constitutionality of pan-Canadian ...
Borowski v Canada (AG), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 342 is the leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on mootness of an appealed legal issue. The Court declined to decide whether the fetus had a right to life under sections 7 and 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.