Capital Cities Comm. v. C.R.T.C.

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
JudgeLaskin, Bora; Martland, Ronald; Judson, Wilfred; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Spence, Wishart Flett; Pigeon, Louis-Philippe; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; de Grandpré, Louis-Philippe
Citation[1978] 2 SCR 141,36 CPR (2d) 1,18 NR 181,1977 CanLII 12 (SCC),81 DLR (3d) 609,[1977] SCJ No 119 (QL),[1977] ACS no 119
Date30 November 1977

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    ...in Canada, [1932] AC 304 at paras 6-8 [Radio Reference]; Capital Cities Communications Inc v Canadian Radio-Television Commission, [1978] 2 SCR 141 at 156 [Capital Cities]; Public Service Board v Dionne, [1978] 2 SCR 191 at 197 [Dionne]; Téléphone Guèvremont v Quebec, [1994] 1 SCR 878 [Télé......
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    ...SCC 22 ............................................. 128 Capital Cities Communications Inc. v. Canadian Radio-Television Commission, [1978] 2 S.C.R. 141, 81 D.L.R. (3d) 609, 18 N.R. 181 ............ 311 Carnation Co. v. Quebec (Agricultural Marketing Board), [1968] S.C.R. 238 ....................
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    • Appeal: Review of Current Law and Law Reform No. 19, January 2014
    • January 1, 2014
    ...33 at 220-232. 103 Francis v The Queen, [1956] SCR 618 at 621; Capital Cities Communications Inc v Canadian Radio-Television Commission, [1978] 2 SCR 141 at 172-73 [Capital Cities]; Baker, supra note 8 at para 69. See also Weiser, “Undressing”, supra note 87 at 125; La Forest, supra note 2 ......
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    • September 1, 2022
    ...the following decision of the Supreme Court of Canada: Capital Cities Communications Inc v Canadian Radio-Television Commission , [1978] 2 SCR 141 at 171–89 [American television broadcasters challenged a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decision permitting ......
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  • Calgary (City) v Bell Canada Inc., 2020 ABCA 211
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Alberta)
    • May 21, 2020
    ...in Canada, [1932] AC 304 at paras 6-8 [Radio Reference]; Capital Cities Communications Inc v Canadian Radio-Television Commission, [1978] 2 SCR 141 at 156 [Capital Cities]; Public Service Board v Dionne, [1978] 2 SCR 191 at 197 [Dionne]; Téléphone Guèvremont v Quebec, [1994] 1 SCR 878 [Télé......
  • Kazemi Estate v. Islamic Republic of Iran
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    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 10, 2014
    ...Columbia , 2007 SCC 27, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 391, at para. 69; Capital Cities Communications Inc. v. Canadian Radio-Television Commission , [1978] 2 S.C.R. 141, at pp. 172-73; Currie, Public International Law , at p. 235). The appellants have not argued, let alone established, that their interpr......
  • Entertainment Software Assoc. v. Society Composers
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    ...instrument in whole or in part or enacts standards borrowed from or related to that instrument: Capital Cities Comm. v. C.R.T.C., [1978] 2 S.C.R. 141, 81 D.L.R. (3d) 609 at 171-172 S.C.R.; Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 817, 174 D.L.R. (4th) 193; ......
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    ...Communication in Canada , [1932] A.C. 304 (P.C.), and Capital Cities Communications Inc. v. Canadian Radio-Television Commission , [1978] 2 S.C.R. 141, as they were not precedents in which the doctrine of interjurisdictional immunity had been applied with respect to the siting of radiocommu......
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  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Archive Constitutional Law. Fourth Edition Conclusion
    • August 28, 2013
    ...SCC 22 ............................................. 128 Capital Cities Communications Inc. v. Canadian Radio-Television Commission, [1978] 2 S.C.R. 141, 81 D.L.R. (3d) 609, 18 N.R. 181 ............ 311 Carnation Co. v. Quebec (Agricultural Marketing Board), [1968] S.C.R. 238 ....................
  • Interpreting the Charter with International Law: Pitfalls and Principles
    • Canada
    • Appeal: Review of Current Law and Law Reform No. 19, January 2014
    • January 1, 2014
    ...33 at 220-232. 103 Francis v The Queen, [1956] SCR 618 at 621; Capital Cities Communications Inc v Canadian Radio-Television Commission, [1978] 2 SCR 141 at 172-73 [Capital Cities]; Baker, supra note 8 at para 69. See also Weiser, “Undressing”, supra note 87 at 125; La Forest, supra note 2 ......
  • Sources of International Law
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books International Law, Doctrine, Practice, and Theory - Third edition Part I
    • September 1, 2022
    ...the following decision of the Supreme Court of Canada: Capital Cities Communications Inc v Canadian Radio-Television Commission , [1978] 2 SCR 141 at 171–89 [American television broadcasters challenged a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decision permitting ......
  • Table of Cases
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    • Irwin Books Constitutional Law. Fifth Edition Conclusion
    • August 3, 2017
    ...2007 SCC 22 ..............................127, 129, 132 Capital Cities Communications Inc. v. Canadian Radio-Television Commission, [1978] 2 S.C.R. 141, 81 D.L.R. (3d) 609, 18 N.R. 181 ....................................................................................................311 Ca......
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