Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique et al. v. British Columbia et al.,

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeMcLachlin, C.J.C., LeBel, Abella, Rothstein, Moldaver, Karakatsanis and Wagner, JJ.
Citation[2013] N.R. TBEd. JL.019,2013 SCC 42,[2013] 9 WWR 425,[2013] 2 SCR 774,361 DLR (4th) 227
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Date26 July 2013

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    ...v. Okanagan Indian Band, 2003 SCC 71, [2003] 3 S.C.R. 371; Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie‑Britannique v. British Columbia, 2013 SCC 42, [2013] 2 S.C.R. 774; DesRochers v. Canada (Industry), 2009 SCC 8, [2009] 1 S.C.R. By Wagner and Côté JJ. (dissenting) R. v. Mercure, [1988] 1 ......
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    ...Reference re Manitoba Language Rights, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 212; Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique v. British Columbia, 2013 SCC 42, [2013] 2 S.C.R. 774; R. v. MacKenzie, 2004 NSCA 10, 181 C.C.C. (3d) 485; Dhingra v. R., 2021 QCCA 1681, 408 C.C.C. (3d) 466; R. v. Munkonda, ......
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    ...Moore v. The Queen, [1979] 1 S.C.R. 195; referred to: Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie‑Britannique v. British Columbia, 2013 SCC 42, [2013] 2 S.C.R. 774; R. v. Corbett, 2005 BCSC 1437, 24 M.V.R. (5th) 310; R. v. Laflamme, B.C. Prov. Ct., No. 19739, February 17, 1997; Skogman v. T......
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    ...v. Okanagan Indian Band, 2003 SCC 71, [2003] 3 S.C.R. 371; Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie‑Britannique v. British Columbia, 2013 SCC 42, [2013] 2 S.C.R. 774; DesRochers v. Canada (Industry), 2009 SCC 8, [2009] 1 S.C.R. By Wagner and Côté JJ. (dissenting) R. v. Mercure, [1988] 1 ......
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    • May 15, 2020
    ...1974 S.C.R. 59, R. v. Mercure, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 234, Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique v. British Columbia, 2013 SCC 42, United States of America v. Jennings and Another (1982), 75 Cr. App. R. 367 (H.L.), Re Oldfield Estate (No. 2), [1949] 2 D.L.R. 175 (Man. K.B.), Scot......
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    ...week of interest to Canadian businesses and professions. In Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie‑Britannique v. British Columbia, 2013 SCC 42, Wagner J. for the majority held that documents submitted to the British Columbia courts for use in civil proceedings (in this case, affidavit......
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    ...Ct)................................................. 505 Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique v British Columbia, [2013] 2 SCR 774, 2013 SCC 42..................................... 438 Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique v British Columbia, 2020 SCC 13......
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