The following is a list of notable decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada sorted by author.
Understanding what cases were authored by whom can be important. For example, in early interpretation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, it has been said there was much agreement. However, in the third year of this interpretation the judges of the Supreme Court "each had started to develop their own method of reasoning."David Beatty, "A Conservative's Court: The Politicization of Law," The University of Toronto Law Journal, Vol. 41, No. 2. (Spring, 1991), p 147.
List Decisions of the Court: By the Court decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada Current justices: Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Chief Justice Wagner Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Karakatsanis Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Côté Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Rowe Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Martin Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Kasirer Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Jamal Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice O'Bonsawin
Past justices: Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Brown Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Abella Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Cromwell Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Moldaver Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Gascon Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Chief Justice Lamer Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Chief Justice McLachlin Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice L'Heureux-Dubé Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Gonthier Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Iacobucci Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Major Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Arbour Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Bastarache Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Charron Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Binnie Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice LeBel Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Deschamps Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Fish Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Rothstein Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Sopinka
Decisions by Dickson Majority Solosky v. The Queen, Hunter v. Southam Inc., 1984 R. v. Therens, 1985 R. v. Big M Drug Mart Ltd., 1985 R. v. Oakes, 1986 Beauregard v. Canada, 1986 R. v. Edwards Books and Art Ltd., 1986 R. v. Morgentaler, 1988 General Motors of Canada Ltd. v. City National Leasing, 1989 Brooks v. Canada Safeway Ltd., 1989 R. v. Sparrow, 1990 (with La Forest J) R. v. Keegstra, 1990 Mahe v. Alberta, 1990
Decisions by La Forest Majority Canada v. Schmidt, 1 S.C.R. 500 United States of America v. Cotroni; United States of America v. El Zein, 1 S.C.R. 1469 R. v. Sparrow, 1. S.C.R. 1075 (with Dickson) McKinney v. University of Guelph, 3 S.C.R. 229 Douglas/Kwantlen Faculty Assn. v. Douglas College, 3 S.C.R. 570 Morguard Investments Ltd. v. De Savoye, 3 S.C.R. 1077 Eldridge v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2 S.C.R. 624
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