A select number of decisions from the superior and inferior courts that have proven to be the leading case law in a number of fields and have subsequently been influential in other provinces, or else they are famous decisions in their own right. These include trial court cases. Typically, these decisions were merely affirmed at the appellate level or were never appealed. Other cases were appeals to courts besides the provincial Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court of Canada. The decisions are listed in chronological order.
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Abortion trial of Emily Stowe'' (1879)
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R. v. Jim
''R. v. Jim'' (1915) 26 C.C.C. 236, was a decision by the British Columbia Supreme Court on Aboriginal ("Indian") hunting and provincial game laws. The court found that Aboriginal hunting on Indian reserves is primarily a federal jurisdiction, ...
'' (1915) : Aboriginal hunting rights
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Canadian Admiral Corporation Ltd. v. Rediffusion Inc.
''Canadian Admiral Corporation Ltd. v. Rediffusion Inc.'', 954Ex. CR 382, 20 CPR 75 is a Canadian copyright law decision by the Exchequer Court (a predecessor of the Federal Court of Canada). The Court held that rebroadcasting of public performan ...
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954
Year 954 ( CMLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* Spring – A Hungarian army led by Bulcsú crosses the Rhine. He camps at Worms in th ...
Ex. CR 382, 20 CPR 75: copyright
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Teck Corp. Ltd. v. Millar'' (1972), 33 DLR (3d) 288 : Director liability
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Bettel v. Yim'' (1978), 20 OR (2d) 617 (Co. Ct.): torts
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Snow v. Eaton Centre Ltd.'' (1982) 70 C.P.R. (2d) 105: moral rights
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Jane Doe v. Board of Commissioners of Police for the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto'' (1989), 58 D.L.R. (4th) 396, 48 C.C.L.T. 105 (H.C.J.), aff'd (1990), 74 O.R. (2d) 225, 72 D.L.R. (4th) 580 (Div. Ct.), leave to appeal refused (1991) 1 O.R. (3d) 416 (C.A.): right to sue police force in negligence for failure to warn
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R. v. Glad Day Bookshops Inc.'' (1993): freedom of expression
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Prise de Parole Inc v Guérin, Éditeur Ltée
Purveyance was an ancient prerogative right of the English Crown to purchase provisions and other necessaries for the royal household, at an appraised price, and to requisition horses and vehicles for royal use.{{Cite book , title=Osborn's Law ...
'' (1995), 104 FTR 104: moral rights
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Jane Doe v. Board of Commissioners of Police for the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto'' (1998), 39 O.R. (3d) 487, 160 D.L.R. (4th) 697, 43 C.C.L.T. (2d) 123 (Gen. Div.): damage award against police force for failure to warn
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Gillian Guess
Gillian Guess (born 1955) is a Vancouver woman who was convicted in 1998 of obstruction of justice after becoming romantically involved with a murder defendant while she was a juror in his 1995 trial.
Her case became significant because it set le ...
(1998), : only case in Canadian history where jury room discussions were made part of the public record.
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Rudder v. Microsoft Corp.'' (1999): clickwrap licenses
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Kanitz v. Rogers Cable Inc.'',
002 002, 0O2, O02, OO2, or 002 may refer to:
Fiction
*002, fictional British 00 Agent
*''002 Operazione Luna'',
*1965 Italian film
*Zero Two, a ''Darling in the Franxx'' character
Airports
*0O2, Baker Airport
*O02, Nervino Airport
Astronomy
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O.J. No. 665
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O'Donohue v. Canada ''O'Donohue v Canada'' was a legal challenge to the exclusion of Roman Catholics from the throne of Canada. The applicant sought a declaratory judgment that certain provisions of the Act of Settlement 1701 violate the equality-rights section of t ...
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003 003, O03, 0O3, OO3 may refer to:
*003, fictional British 00 Agent
*003, former emergency telephone number for the Norwegian ambulance service (until 1986)
*1990 OO3, the asteroid 6131 Towen
* OO3 gauge model railway
*''O03 (O2)'' and other related ...
CanLII 41404 (Ont. S.C.)
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Lund v. Boissoin'', 2009 ACQB 592
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Bedford v. Canada'', 2010
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
The Superior Court of Justice (French: ''Cour supérieure de justice'') is a superior court in Ontario. The Court sits in 52 locations across the province, including 17 Family Court locations, and consists of over 300 federally appointed judges.
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case which declared prohibition of
streetwalking
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as well as
brothels
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unconstitutiona
See also
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List of notable Canadian Courts of Appeals cases
A select number of decisions from the Courts of Appeal have proven to be the leading case law in a number of fields and have subsequently been adopted across all provinces, or else they are famous decisions in their own right. Most frequently the ...
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List of Supreme Court of Canada cases
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 deci ...
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List of Vancouver court cases
This article lists legal cases that originated in Vancouver that are significant because have proven to be the leading case law, or because they received significant media attention. Many of these Vancouver cases went on to be decided by the Sup ...
External links
Top Ten Cited Canadian Court Cases
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Lower court
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Canadian trial