Crowning a new kind of class: the Supreme Court of Canada finds B.C.’s multi-Crown class action is constitutional We explore the decision and how it could pave the way for future interjurisdictional Crown cooperation and class action claims in the future. ...
The Supreme Court of Canada gave no reasons today for agreeing to hear an appeal application from the Crown, while dismissing a cross-appeal from the two men. —The Canadian Press
34559 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA (ON APPEAL FROM THE FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL) THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - and- Applicant (Appellant) CARGILL, INCORPORATED - and- Respondent (Respondent) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CANADA Intervener (Intervener) RESPONSE TO ...
Through a study of the Court鈥檚 disposition of 177 leave to appeal applications in s.15 cases since 1989, the authors examine the role of the Supreme Court of Canada in guiding the development of Charter equality rights jurisprudence. The data reveals that the grant rate on leave applications...
drivers. These drivers had signed agreements to resolve legal disputes through private arbitration, avoiding court battles. The rejection of the appeal marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing legal debate surrounding the classif...
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of a Quebec man seeking compensation over imprisonment for murders he says he did not commit. Yves Plamondon spent almost 28 years behind bars for the first-degree murders of three people in the 1980s....
Chief justice of the United States John Marshall Under Marshall’s leadership for more than 34 years—the longesttenurefor any chief justice—the Supreme Court set forth the main structural lines of the government. Initially, there was noconsensusas to whether the Constitution had created a federat...
Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. For Britannica’s...
The nation’s highest court paused a lower court’s decision to nullify approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, keeping the medication available while an appeal moves forward
Joan Biskupic, CNN’s Chief Supreme Court analyst, has covered the Supreme Court for more than twenty-five years and has written several books on the judiciary. She is the author of the recently published Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court’s Dri