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| Tervita Corp v Canada (Commissioner of Competition
2015 SCC 3 | Legal test for when a merger gives rise to a substantial prevention of competition under the Competition Act; Defence of statutory efficiencies | – | – |
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| R v Grant
2015 SCC 9 | Appropriate framework for determining the admissibility of defence-led evidence concerning an unknown third-party suspect | – | Unanimous |
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| Quebec (AG) v Canada (AG)
2015 SCC 14 | Whether federal legislation abolishing the long-gun registry also containing provision requiring the destruction of long-gun registration data is ultra vires the criminal law power of Parliament under s. 91(27) of the Constitution Act, 1867 | Cromwell J | McLachlin CJ and Rothstein and Moldaver JJ |
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| Association des parents de l'école Rose-des-vents v British Columbia (Education)
2015 SCC 21 | Minority language education rights and the manner in which courts should assess whether children of rights holders are provided with an educational experience equivalent to that provided in schools of the linguistic majority of the province or territory; Whether a finding of a lack of equivalence amounts to a breach of s. 23 of the Charter | – | Unanimous |
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| Henry v British Columbia (AG)
2015 SCC 24 | Wrongful conviction of claimant; Civil action alleging breach of Charter rights resulting from Crown counsel's wrongful non-disclose of relevant information; Whether s. 24(1) authorizes courts to award damages against Crown for wrongful non-disclosure, and the level of fault claimant must establish to meet liability threshold for awarding s. 24(1) damages | McLachlin CJ | – |
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| R v Kokopenace
2015 SCC 28 | Appropriate legal test for representativeness on jury roll; Jury representativeness under ss. 11(d) and (f) and 15 of the Charter | – | – |
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| R v Barabash
2015 SCC 29 | Offence of child pornography and whether the "private use" exception under s 163.1 of the Criminal Code requires a separate and additional inquiry into the minors' exploitation, or whether an exploitation inquiry is included under the lawfulness inquiry | – | Unanimous |
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| Goodwin v British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles)
2015 SCC 46 | Whether an automatic roadside prohibition scheme enacted under s. 92(13) of the Constitution Act, 1867 is ultra vires provincial authority as being exclusively within federal government's criminal law power under s. 91(27) of the Constitution Act, 1867; Whether same automatic roadside prohibition regime creates an offence within the meaning of s. 11 of the Charter and infringes the presumption of innocence under s. 11(d) of same; Whether same automatic roadside prohibition scheme infringes the right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure under s. 8 of the Charter | – | Cromwell, Moldaver, Wagner, Gascon and Côté JJ |
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| Caron v Alberta
2015 SCC 56 | Whether provincial Languages Act is ultra vires or inoperative insofar that by requiring provincial laws and regulates to be enacted, printed and published in English only, it abrogates the constitutional duty owed by Alberta to enact, print and publish its laws and regulations in both English and French in Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory Order (1870) | Cromwell J | McLachlin CJ and Rothstein, Moldaver and Gascon JJ |
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| Canadian Broadcasting Corp v SODRAC 2003 Inc
2015 SCC 57 | Intellectual property and copyright | – | – |
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| Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v Green
2015 SCC 60 | Limitation period of class actions | – | Moldaver and Gascon JJ |
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