List of notable Canadian lower court cases
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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.
- Abortion trial of Emily StoweAbortion trial of Emily StoweThe abortion trial of Emily Stowe was a famous early Canadian judicial decision on abortion in Canada. The case involved Dr. Emily Stowe, one of Canada's first female doctors. Stowe was acquitted, which was a rare outcome for abortion trials in the nineteenth century.-Background:The case began...
(1879) - R. v. JimR. v. JimR. v. Jim 26 C.C.C. 236, was a decision by the British Columbia Supreme Court on Aboriginal hunting and provincial game laws...
(1915) : Aboriginal hunting rights - Canadian Admiral Corporation Ltd. v. Rediffusion Inc., [1954] Ex. CR 382, 20 CPR 75: copyright
- Teck Corp. Ltd. v. MillarTeck Corp. Ltd. v. MillarTeck Corp. Ltd. v. Millar, , 33 DLR 288 is the leading Canadian corporate law decision on a corporate director's fiduciary duty to resist a takeover bids...
(1972), 33 DLR (3d) 288 : Director liability - Bettel v. YimBettel v. YimBettel v. Yim , 20 O.R. 617 is a famous Canadian tort case from Ontario. The Court established that an individual is liable for all harm that flows from his or her conduct even where the harm was not intended....
(1978), 20 OR (2d) 617 (Co. Ct.): torts - Snow v. Eaton Centre Ltd. (1982) 70 C.P.R. (2d) 105: moral rights
- 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
- R. v. Glad Day Bookshops Inc.R. v. Glad Day Bookshops Inc.R. v. Glad Day Bookshops Inc., is a leading Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision on pornography and homosexuality. The court found that a statutory scheme requiring the approval of the Ontario Film Review Board before films can be distributed or shown in Ontario violated the guarantee of...
(1993): freedom of expression - Prise de Parole Inc v Guérin, Éditeur LtéePrise de Parole Inc v Guérin, Éditeur LtéePrise de Parole Inc. v. Guérin éditeur Ltée [1996] F.C.J. No. 1427 is a leading Canadian case on moral rights in copyright law. The Court found that the plaintiff's moral rights had not been violated because there was no subjective evidence that the reproduction caused harm to his...
(1995), 104 FTR 104: moral rights - 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
- R. v. Gillian GuessGillian GuessGillian Guess is a Vancouver woman who was convicted of obstruction of justice after becoming romantically involved with a murder defendant while she was a juror in his trial...
(1998), : only case in Canadian history where jury room discussions were made part of the public record. - Rudder v. Microsoft Corp.Rudder v. Microsoft Corp.Rudder v. Microsoft Corp. [1999] O.J. No. 3778 . is the leading decision on clickwrap licenses and forum selection clauses in Canada.-Background:...
(1999): clickwrap licenses - Kanitz v. Rogers Cable Inc.Kanitz v. Rogers Cable Inc.Kanitz v. Rogers Cable Inc., [2002] O.J. No. 665 is a leading Canadian decision on website service contracts. The court held that a posting on a corporate website is sufficient notice to bind customers to changes in their user licenses....
, [2002] O.J. No. 665 - O'Donohue v. CanadaO'Donohue v. CanadaO'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 the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms...
, [2003] CanLII 41404 (Ont. S.C.) - Lund v. BoissoinLund v. BoissoinLund v. Boissoin is a matter in the Province of Alberta which began in June 2002 as a letter to the editor on the subject of homosexuality from Reverend Stephen Boissoin to the Red Deer Advocate. Dr. Darren Lund complained about the letter to the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission...
, 2009 ACQB 592 - Bedford v. CanadaBedford v. CanadaBedford v. Canada was a legal challenge to Canada's prostitution laws filed in the Superior Court of Ontario in 2007. The applicants, Terri-Jean Bedford, Amy Lebovitch and Valerie Scott, argued that Canada's prostitution laws were unconstitutional...
, 2010 Ontario Superior Court of JusticeOntario Superior Court of JusticeThe Superior Court of Justice is the superior court of general jurisdiction for the Province of Ontario, Canada. It is the successor to the former Ontario Court of Justice , and was created on April 19, 1999...
case which declared prohibition of streetwalking as well as brothels unconstitutionalhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/pdf/bedford-ruling.pdf
See also
- List of notable Canadian Courts of Appeals cases
- List of Supreme Court of Canada cases