Godbout v. Longueuil (City)
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Judge | Lamer, Antonio; La Forest, Gérard V.; L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire; Sopinka, John; Gonthier, Charles Doherty; Cory, Peter deCarteret; McLachlin, Beverley; Iacobucci, Frank; Major, John C. |
| Citation | [1997] 3 SCR 844,47 CRR (2d) 1,43 MPLR (2d) 1,152 DLR (4th) 577,219 NR 1,[1997] SCJ No 95 (QL),1997 CanLII 335 (SCC) |
| Date | 31 October 1997 |
| Docket Number | 24990 |
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...2 S.C.R. 903; 90 N.R. 173; [1989] 1 W.W.R. 577; 44 C.C.C.(3d) 513; 67 C.R.(3d) 1, refd to. [para. 114]. Godbout v. Longueuil (Ville), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 844; 219 N.R. 1, refd to. [para. 119]. R. v. Pan (R.W.); R. v. Sawyer (B.) (1999), 120 O.A.C. 1; 134 C.C.C.(3d) 1 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 119......
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...Faculty Association v. Douglas College, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 570; 118 N.R. 340, refd to. [para. 121]. Godbout v. Longeuil (Ville), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 844; 219 N.R. 1, refd to. [para. Thorson v. Canada (Attorney General), [1975] 1 S.C.R. 138; 1 N.R. 225, refd to. [para. 123]. McNeil v. Nova Scotia B......
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...Toronto, [1995] 1 S.C.R. 315; R. v. Morgentaler, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 30; R. v. Smith, 2015 SCC 34; Godbout v. Longueuil (Ville), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 844; Alberta (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development) v. Cunningham, 2011 SCC 37; R. v. Oakes, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 103; Thompson Newspapers Co. v. Ca......
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Haj Khalil et al. v. Canada
...1, refd to. [para. 263]. R.B. v. Children's Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto - see Sheena B., Re. Godbout v. Longueuil (Ville), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 844; 219 N.R. 1, refd to. [para. R. v. Jones, [1986] 2 S.C.R. 284; 69 N.R. 241; 73 A.R. 133, refd to. [para. 269]. R. v. Morgentaler, [1988] 1 S......
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...2 S.C.R. 903; 90 N.R. 173; [1989] 1 W.W.R. 577; 44 C.C.C.(3d) 513; 67 C.R.(3d) 1, refd to. [para. 114]. Godbout v. Longueuil (Ville), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 844; 219 N.R. 1, refd to. [para. 119]. R. v. Pan (R.W.); R. v. Sawyer (B.) (1999), 120 O.A.C. 1; 134 C.C.C.(3d) 1 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 119......
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Chamberlain et al. v. Board of Education of School District No. 36 (Surrey)
...Faculty Association v. Douglas College, [1990] 3 S.C.R. 570; 118 N.R. 340, refd to. [para. 121]. Godbout v. Longeuil (Ville), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 844; 219 N.R. 1, refd to. [para. Thorson v. Canada (Attorney General), [1975] 1 S.C.R. 138; 1 N.R. 225, refd to. [para. 123]. McNeil v. Nova Scotia B......
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Taylor v. Newfoundland and Labrador
...Toronto, [1995] 1 S.C.R. 315; R. v. Morgentaler, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 30; R. v. Smith, 2015 SCC 34; Godbout v. Longueuil (Ville), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 844; Alberta (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development) v. Cunningham, 2011 SCC 37; R. v. Oakes, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 103; Thompson Newspapers Co. v. Ca......
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Haj Khalil et al. v. Canada
...1, refd to. [para. 263]. R.B. v. Children's Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto - see Sheena B., Re. Godbout v. Longueuil (Ville), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 844; 219 N.R. 1, refd to. [para. R. v. Jones, [1986] 2 S.C.R. 284; 69 N.R. 241; 73 A.R. 133, refd to. [para. 269]. R. v. Morgentaler, [1988] 1 S......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (June 23-27, 2025)
...Freedoms, 213 U.N.T.S. 211, Blencoe v. British Columbia (Human Rights Commission), 2000 SCC 44, Godbout v. Longueuil (City), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 844, R. v. MalmoLevine, 2003 SCC 74, Association of Justice Counsel v. Canada (Attorney General), 2017 SCC 55, Alberta (Aboriginal Affairs and Norther......
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The International Constitution
...including the IC- 41 Alberta Reference , above note 1. 42 Alberta Reference , ibid at para 57. See also Godbout v Longueuil (City) , [1997] 3 SCR 844 at para 69, La Forest J (art 12 of the ICCPR supports interpreting s 7 of the Charter as protecting a right to an abode); R v Jones , [1986] ......
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Reception of Specific International Human Rights
...and Rauca (1983), 41 OR (2d) 225; United States v. Cotroni , [1989] 1 SCR 1469; United States v. Burns , [2001] 1 SCR 283 [ Burns ]. 137 [1997] 3 SCR 844 at para. 69 [ Godbout ]. 138 ICCPR General Comment 6 (1982) at para. 1. 248 international human rights law 1) In Binding Instruments UDHR......
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