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988
Year 988 ( CMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
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1 S.C.R. 401, is a leading constitutional decision of the
Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; french: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the Supreme court, highest court in the Court system of Canada, judicial system of Canada. It comprises List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, nine justices, wh ...
. A deeply-divided Court upheld the validity of the Ocean Dumping Act, now part of the
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, by finding that all matters related to polluting the ocean are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal government owing to the
national concern branch of the "
peace, order, and good government" clause in the
British North America Act, 1867 (now known as the Constitution Act, 1867).
The majority opinion was written by Le Dain J (joined by Dickson CJ, and McIntyre and Wilson JJ) and hinged on the "singleness, distinctiveness, and indivisibility" of the national concern that the Ocean Dumping Act addressed. The minority opinion was written by La Forest J (joined by Beetz and Lamer JJ).
See also
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List of Supreme Court of Canada cases (Dickson Court)
External links
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Supreme Court of Canada cases
Canadian federalism case law
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