Bruno v Samson Cree Nation

JurisdictionAlberta
CourtCourt of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
JudgeAssociate Chief Justice J.D. Rooke
Citation2020 ABQB 504
Docket Number1403 17729
Date31 August 2020

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  • Bruno v Samson Cree Nation
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • November 24, 2021
    ...Rooke Dated the 31st day of August, 2020 Filed on the 31st day of August, 2020 Corrigendum and corrected reasons filed January 29, 2021 (2020 ABQB 504, Docket: Memorandum of Judgment _______________________________________________________ The Court: I. Introduction [1] This appeal challenge......
  • Canadian Society for the Advancement of Science in Public Policy v British Columbia
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • October 20, 2025
    ...The Hryniak decision has been interpreted as giving judges “the power to be bold…to strike hopeless claims”: Bruno v. Samson Cree Nation, 2020 ABQB 504 at para. 26. As Justice Brown states in Babstock: [19] [A] claim will not survive an application to strike simply because it is novel. It i......
  • Kett v. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • December 1, 2020
    ...Hryniak decision has been interpreted as giving judges “the power to be bold...to strike hopeless claims”: Bruno v. Samson Cree Nation, 2020 ABQB 504 at para. 26. As Justice Brown states in [19] [A] claim will not survive an application to strike simply because it is novel. It is beneficial......
  • Bruno v. Samson Cree Nation
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • September 26, 2025
    ...that the potential to make a claim exists. I do not accept that Samson controls its own membership list: Bruno v Samson Cree Nation, 2020 ABQB 504 at paras 214-217 [Certification Decision]. [117]     There may be circumstances where it is appropriate to impute knowledge ......
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  • Bruno v Samson Cree Nation
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • November 24, 2021
    ...Rooke Dated the 31st day of August, 2020 Filed on the 31st day of August, 2020 Corrigendum and corrected reasons filed January 29, 2021 (2020 ABQB 504, Docket: Memorandum of Judgment _______________________________________________________ The Court: I. Introduction [1] This appeal challenge......
  • Canadian Society for the Advancement of Science in Public Policy v British Columbia
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • October 20, 2025
    ...The Hryniak decision has been interpreted as giving judges “the power to be bold…to strike hopeless claims”: Bruno v. Samson Cree Nation, 2020 ABQB 504 at para. 26. As Justice Brown states in Babstock: [19] [A] claim will not survive an application to strike simply because it is novel. It i......
  • Kett v. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • December 1, 2020
    ...Hryniak decision has been interpreted as giving judges “the power to be bold...to strike hopeless claims”: Bruno v. Samson Cree Nation, 2020 ABQB 504 at para. 26. As Justice Brown states in [19] [A] claim will not survive an application to strike simply because it is novel. It is beneficial......
  • Bruno v. Samson Cree Nation
    • Canada
    • Court of King's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • September 26, 2025
    ...that the potential to make a claim exists. I do not accept that Samson controls its own membership list: Bruno v Samson Cree Nation, 2020 ABQB 504 at paras 214-217 [Certification Decision]. [117]     There may be circumstances where it is appropriate to impute knowledge ......
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