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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
Aboriginal law, civil procedure Canada (AG) v Bedford [2013] 3 S.C.R. 1101, 2013 SCC 72 Dec 20, 2013 Constitutionality of prostitution laws Reference Re Supreme Court Act, ss 5 and 6 [2014] 1 S.C.R. 433, 2014 SCC 21 March 21, 2014 Supreme Court Quebec slots, Supreme Court Act amendment process, Supreme Court appointments
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
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.
This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the Supreme Court of Canada from the appointment of Bora Laskin in 1973 as Chief Justice to his death in office in 1984. Laskin was the first Chief Justice to hear cases under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms implemented in 1982.
Case name Citation Date Subject July 1, 1990 – Appointment of Antonio Lamer as Chief Justice of Canada: Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada v Northwest Territories (Commissioner) [1990] 2 SCR 367 August 16, 1990 freedom of association; section 2(d) Central Alberta Dairy Pool v Alberta (Human Rights Commission) [1990] 2 SCR 489
Case name Citation Date Subject April 18, 1984 – appointment of Brian Dickson as Chief Justice: Law Society of Upper Canada v Skapinker [1984] 1 SCR 357 May 3, 1984 Mobility rights, practice of law Kamloops (City of) v Nielsen [1984] 2 SCR 2 July 26, 1984
Appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada are subject to the legal requirement that three judges must be appointed from Quebec. By convention, the other 6 are appointed from Ontario (3), Western Canada (2), and Atlantic Canada (1). These appointments are not subject to the procedures described above for the appointment of superior court ...