Dovenmuehle Inc. v. Rocca Group Ltd.
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Judge | Dickson, Beetz, Estey, McIntyre, Chouinard, Lamer and Wilson, JJ. |
| Citation | (1982), 43 N.B.R.(2d) 359 (SCC),[1982] SCJ No 81 (QL),[1982] ACS no 81,1982 CanLII 206 (SCC),[1982] 2 SCR 534 |
| Date | 07 October 1982 |
| Subject Matter | LIBEL AND SLANDER,CRIMINAL LAW,EVIDENCE,QUEBEC PROCEDURE |
Dovenmuehle Inc. v. Rocca Group (1982), 43 N.B.R.(2d) 359 (SCC);
43 R.N.-B.(2e) 359; 113 A.P.R. 359
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Dovenmuehle, Inc. v. Rocca Group Ltd.
Indexed As: Dovenmuehle Inc. v. Rocca Group Ltd.
Répertorié: Dovenmuehle Inc. v. Rocca Group Ltd.
Supreme Court of Canada
Dickson, Beetz, Estey, McIntyre, Chouinard, Lamer and Wilson, JJ.
October 7, 1982.
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This report is an appeal from a judgment of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal reported at (1981), 34 N.B.R.(2d) 444; 85 A.P.R. 444.
Counsel:
T.B. Drummie, Q.C., and D.P. Pappas, Q.C., for the appellant;
Mark Giberson, for the respondent.
This appeal was heard by Dickson, Beetz, Estey, McIntyre, Chouinard, Lamer and Wilson, JJ., of the Supreme Court of Canada at Ottawa, Ontario on October 7, 1982.
The judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada was delivered orally by Dickson, J., on October 7, 1982.
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