Capital Cities Comm. v. C.R.T.C.
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Judge | Laskin, 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 |
| Date | 30 November 1977 |
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