Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Sopinka
Encyclopedia
List of reasons written by Justice John Sopinka
during his time as Puisne Justice
of the Supreme Court of Canada
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Note: This list is incomplete
John Sopinka
John Sopinka, QC was a Canadian lawyer and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada, the first Ukrainian-Canadian appointed to the high court....
during his time as Puisne Justice
Puisne Justice
A Puisne Justice or Puisne Judge is the title for a regular member of a Court. This is distinguished from the head of the Court who is known as the Chief Justice or Chief Judge. The term is used almost exclusively in common law jurisdictions such as England, Australia, Kenya, Canada, Sri Lanka,...
of the Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...
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1988-1990
- United States of America v. Cotroni; United States of America v. El Zein [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1469 (Dissent)
- R. v. HebertR. v. HebertR. v. Hebert [1990] 2 S.C.R. 151 is the leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on an accused's right to silence under section seven of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.-Background:...
[1990] 2 S.C.R. 151 (Concurrence) - Central Alberta Dairy Pool v. Alberta (Human Rights Commission)Central Alberta Dairy Pool v. Alberta (Human Rights Commission)Alberta Dairy Pool v. Alberta , [1990] 2 S.C.R. 489, is a leading Human Rights decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. The Court expanded on the concept of accommodation up to undue hardship first established in Ontario Human Rights Commission and O'Malley v...
, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 489 (Concurrence) - R. v. MartineauR. v. MartineauR. v. Martineau [1990] 2 S.C.R. 633 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada case on the mens rea requirement for murder.- Background :One evening in February 1985, Patrick Tremblay and 15 year-old Mr. Martineau set out to rob a trailer owned by the McLean family in Valleyview, Alberta. Martineau was...
, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 633 (Concurrence) - R. v. AskovR. v. AskovAskov v. R., [1990] 2 S.C.R. 1199, is a 1990 appeal heard before the Supreme Court of Canada which established the criteria and standards by which Canadian courts judge whether an accused's right under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section 11 "to be tried within a reasonable time"...
, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 1199 (Concurrence) - Douglas/Kwantlen Faculty Assn. v. Douglas CollegeDouglas/Kwantlen Faculty Assn. v. Douglas CollegeDouglas/Kwantlen Faculty Assn. v. Douglas College, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 570 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision regarding the jurisdiction of an administrative tribunal.-Background:...
, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 570 (Concurrence)
1991-1993
- Reference re Prov. Electoral Boundaries (Sask.), [1991] 2 S.C.R. 158 (Concurrence)
- R. v. StinchcombeR. v. StinchcombeR. v. Stinchcombe, [1991] 3 S.C.R. 326 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision on the disclosure of evidence in a trial and is considered by most to be one of the most significant criminal law cases of the decade...
, [1991] 3 S.C.R. 326 (Majority) - R. v. JobidonR. v. JobidonR. v. Jobidon, [1991] 2 S.C.R. 714 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision where the Court held that consent cannot be used as a defence for a criminal act such as assault which may cause "serious hurt or non-trivial bodily harm".-Background:...
, [1991] 2 S.C.R. 714 (Dissent) - Reference Re Ng Extradition (Can.) [1991] 2 S.C.R. 858 (Dissent)
- R. v. ButlerR. v. ButlerR. v. Butler, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 452 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on pornography and state censorship. In this case, the Court had to balance the right to freedom of expression under section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms with women's rights; the outcome has been...
, 1992 (Majority) - R. v. DeSousaR. v. DeSousaR. v. DeSousa [1992] 2 S.C.R. 944, is the Supreme Court of Canada case where the Court determined the Constitutionally required level for mens rea for the charge of "unlawfully causing bodily harm". The case is one of a series of cases including R. v. Hundal and R. v...
, 1992 (Majority) - Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration) v. ChiarelliCanada (Minister of Employment and Immigration) v. ChiarelliCanada v. Chiarelli, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 711 is a leading Canadian case on the constitutionality of the deportation regime...
, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 711 (Majority) - New Brunswick Broadcasting Co. v. Nova Scotia (Speaker of the House of Assembly)New Brunswick Broadcasting Co. v. Nova Scotia (Speaker of the House of Assembly)New Brunswick Broadcasting Co. v. Nova Scotia is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision wherein the court has ruled that parliamentary privilege is a part of the unwritten convention in the Constitution of Canada...
, [1993] 1 S.C.R. 319 (Concurrence) - Amchem Products Inc. v. British Columbia Worker's Compensation BoardAmchem Products Inc. v. British Columbia Worker's Compensation BoardAmchem Products Inc. v. British Columbia Worker's Compensation Board, [1993] 1 S.C.R. 897 is a leading decision on forum non conveniens by the Supreme Court of Canada...
, [1993] 1 S.C.R. 897 (Majority) - R. v. MorgentalerR. v. Morgentaler (1993)R. v. Morgentaler [1993] 3 S.C.R. 463, was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada invalidating a provincial attempt to regulate abortions in Canada. This followed the 1988 decision R. v. Morgentaler, which had struck down the federal abortion law as a breach of section 7 of the Canadian Charter...
[1993] 3 S.C.R. 463 (Majority) - Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attorney General)Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attorney General)Rodriguez v. British Columbia [1993] 3 S.C.R. 519 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision where the prohibition of assisted suicide was challenged as contrary to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by a terminally ill mother, Sue Rodriguez...
, 1993 (Majority)
1994-1997
- Native Women's Association of Canada v. CanadaNative Women's Association of Canada v. CanadaNative Women's Association of Canada v. Canada, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 627, was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on section 2, section 15 and section 28 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in which the Court decided against the claim that the government of Canada had an obligation to...
, 1994 (Majority) - R. v. MohanR. v. MohanR. v. Mohan [1994] 2 S.C.R. 9 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the use of experts in trial testimony.-Background:Dr. Chikmaglur Mohan was a pediatrician in North Bay, Ontario. He was charged with sexual assault of four teenaged patients. During his trial, the defence tried to put...
, [1994] 2 S.C.R. 9 (Concurrence) - R. v. DaviaultR. v. DaviaultR. v. Daviault [1994] 3 S.C.R. 63, is a Supreme Court of Canada decision on the availability of the defence of intoxication for "general intent" criminal offences. The Leary rule which eliminated the defence was found unconstitutional in violation of both section 7 and 11 of the Canadian Charter of...
[1994] 3 S.C.R. 6 (Dissent) - R. v. BurlinghamR. v. BurlinghamR. v. Burlingham, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 206 is a leading decision on the Supreme Court of Canada on the right to counsel under section 10 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the exclusion of evidence under section 24.-Background:...
, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 206 (Concurrence) - Egan v. CanadaEgan v. CanadaEgan v. Canada, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 513, was one of a trilogy of equality rights cases published by a very divided Supreme Court of Canada in the spring of 1995...
, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 513 (Concurrence) - R. v. ParkR. v. ParkR. v. Park [1995] 2 S.C.R. 836, is a Supreme Court of Canada case dealing with the mistaken belief defence – i.e. that the accused had an honest but mistaken belief that he had consent to engage in sexual relations with the complainant – and the role of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms...
, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 836 (Concurrence) - R. v. JorgensenR. v. JorgensenR. v. Jorgensen, [1995] 4 S.C.R. 55 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the knowledge requirement for criminal offences. The Court held that the offence of "knowingly" selling obscene materials requires that the accused be aware that the dominant characteristic of the material was the...
, [1995] 4 S.C.R. 55 (Majority) - Adler v. OntarioAdler v. OntarioAdler v. Ontario, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 609 is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the constitutional obligation to fund private denominational education...
, [1996] 3 S.C.R. 609 (Concurrence) - R. v. BadgerR. v. BadgerR. v. Badger, [1996] 1 S.C.R. 771 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the scope of aboriginal treaty rights. The Court set out a number of principles regarding the interpretation of treaties between the Crown and aboriginal peoples in Canada....
, [1996] 1 S.C.R. 771 (Concurrence) - R. v. FeeneyR. v. FeeneyR. v. Feeney, [1997] 2 S.C.R. 13 is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the right, under section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms against unreasonable search and seizure...
, [1997] 2 S.C.R. 13 (Majority)
Note: This list is incomplete