Spar Aerospace Ltd. v. American Mobile Satellite Corp.,

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeGonthier, Charles Doherty; Iacobucci, Frank; Major, John C.; Bastarache, Michel; Binnie, William Ian Corneil; Arbour, Louise; LeBel, Louis
Citation2002 SCC 78,[2002] 4 SCR 205,297 NR 83,JE 2003-59,[2002] SCJ No 51 (QL),AZ-50154091,220 DLR (4th) 54
Date06 December 2002
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
Docket Number28070

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    ...N.R. 170; 346 A.R. 4; 320 W.A.C. 4; 2004 SCC 19, refd to. [para. 102]. Spar Aerospace Ltd. v. American Mobile Satellite Corp. et al., [2002] 4 S.C.R. 205; 297 N.R. 83; 2002 SCC 78, refd to. [para. R. v. McDonald (A.P.) et al. (2002), 209 N.S.R.(2d) 283; 656 A.P.R. 283 (C.A.), refd to. [para......
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    ...Van Breda, 2012 SCC 17 , [2012] 1 S.C.R. 572 ; referred to: Spar Aerospace Ltd. v. American Mobile Satellite Corp., 2002 SCC 78 , [2002] 4 S.C.R. 205; Air Canada v. McDonnell Douglas Corp., [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1554 ; McCabe v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2016 BCCA 7 , 394 D.......
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    ...Van Breda, 2012 SCC 17 , [2012] 1 S.C.R. 572 ; referred to: Spar Aerospace Ltd. v. American Mobile Satellite Corp., 2002 SCC 78 , [2002] 4 S.C.R. 205; Air Canada v. McDonnell Douglas Corp., [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1554 ; McCabe v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2016 BCCA 7 , 394 D.......
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    ...870; 343 N.R. 144; 376 A.R. 224; 360 W.A.C. 224, refd to. [para. 43]. Spar Aerospace Ltd. v. American Mobile Satellite Corp. et al., [2002] 4 S.C.R. 205; 297 N.R. 83, refd to. [para. Coutu v. Gauthier Estate (2006), 296 N.B.R.(2d) 34; 769 A.P.R. 34; 264 D.L.R.(4th) 319 (C.A.), refd to. [par......
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    ...Ltd. v. Van Breda, 2012 SCC 17, [2012] 1 S.C.R. 572; referred to: Spar Aerospace Ltd. v. American Mobile Satellite Corp., 2002 SCC 78, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 205; Air Canada v. McDonnell Douglas Corp., [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1554; McCabe v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2016 BCCA 7, 394 D.L.R......
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    ...76 Ibid. at para. 30, referring to the reasons of La Forest J. and Lebel J. in Spar Areospace Ltd. v American Mobile Satellite Corp., [2002] 4 S.C.R. 205. 77 Currie, above note 34. 78 Boland v. Simon Marketing Inc. and McDonald’s Corp., unreported, No. 01 CH 13803 (Cir. Ct. IL, Apr. 19, 200......
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