1983 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada

The list below consists of the reasons delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 1983. This list, however, does not include decisions on motions.

Reasons

  Delivered the Court's reason
  Joined the Court's reason
  Filed a concurrence
  Joined a concurrence
  Filed a dissent
  Joined a dissent
  Filed a concurrence/dissent
  Joined a concurrence/dissent
  Did not participate in the judgment
  Did not participate in the final disposition of the judgment
  Not a member of the Court at the time of hearing or delivering
  • Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's reason are per coram.
  • Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices occasionally join multiple reasons in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly.
  • Multiple unnumbered reasons are jointly written or delivered.
  • Decisions that are given orally from the bench are denoted by a "V"; per coram decisions delivered orally from the bench only note a "V" on the most senior justice on the panel.
  • An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality.
Case name Argued Decided Laskin Ritchie Dickson Beetz Estey McIntyre Chouinard Lamer Wilson[a]
Westendorp v the Queen, 1983 CanLII 1, [1983] 1 SCR 43 2 December 1982 25 January 1983
Abrahams v Attorney General of Canada, 1983 CanLII 17, [1983] 1 SCR 2 2 June 1982 25 January 1983
Nowegijick v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 18, [1983] 1 SCR 29 10 June 1982 25 January 1983
Zayack v Attorney General of Canada, 1983 CanLII 135, [1983] 1 SCR 12 2 June 1982 25 January 1983
Costello and Dickhoff v City of Calgary, 1983 CanLII 137, [1983] 1 SCR 14 12 May 1982 25 January 1983
Attorney General of Nova Scotia v Burke, 1983 CanLII 140, [1983] 1 SCR 55 31 January 1983 1 February 1983 V
GM (Canada) v Naken, 1983 CanLII 19, [1983] 1 SCR 72 25 March 1982 8 February 1983
Thorne's Hardware Ltd v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 20, [1983] 1 SCR 106 19 May 1982 8 February 1983
The Queen (Can) v Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, 1983 CanLII 21, [1983] 1 SCR 205 17 February 1982 8 February 1983
Regional Assessment Commissioner v Caisse Populaire de Hearst, 1983 CanLII 45, [1983] 1 SCR 57 29 March 1982 8 February 1983
Fort Frances v Boise Cascade Canada Ltd, 1983 CanLII 47, [1983] 1 SCR 171 13–14 December 1982 (1982-12-13 – 1982-12-14) 8 February 1983
Miller v Ameri-Cana Motel Ltd, 1983 CanLII 48, [1983] 1 SCR 229 2–3 June 1982 (1982-06-02 – 1982-06-03) 8 February 1983
R v Farrant, 1983 CanLII 118, [1983] 1 SCR 124 29 April 1982 8 February 1983
Canada Labour Relations Board et al v Paul L’Anglais Inc et al, 1983 CanLII 121, [1983] 1 SCR 147 25–26 October 1982 (1982-10-25 – 1982-10-26) 8 February 1983
Cooper v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 124, [1983] 1 SCR 240 8 February 1983 8 February 1983 V
Case name Argued Decided Laskin Ritchie Dickson Beetz Estey McIntyre Chouinard Lamer Wilson
Stevenson v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 126, [1983] 1 SCR 241 9 February 1983 9 February 1983 V
St-David de Falardeau (Corporation municipale de) et al v Munger, 1983 CanLII 129, [1983] 1 SCR 243 10 February 1983 10 February 1983 V
Titus v R, 1983 CanLII 49, [1983] 1 SCR 259 14 October 1982 1 March 1983
Canada Labour Relations Board v Halifax Longshoremen’s Association, Local 269, 1983 CanLII 133, [1983] 1 SCR 245 1 February 1983 1 March 1983
R v Faid, 1983 CanLII 136, [1983] 1 SCR 265 4 May 1982 1 March 1983
Zavarovalna Skupnost, (Insurance Community Triglav Ltd) v Terrasses Jewellers Inc, 1983 CanLII 138, [1983] 1 SCR 283 14–15 December 1982 (1982-12-14 – 1982-12-15) 1 March 1983
CBC and co v R, 1983 CanLII 50, [1983] 1 SCR 339 31 March 1982 24 March 1983
R v Terrence, 1983 CanLII 51, [1983] 1 SCR 357 22 March 1982 24 March 1983
Shalansky et al v Board of Governors of Regina Pasqua Hospital, 1983 CanLII 117, [1983] 1 SCR 303 2 March 1983 24 March 1983
R v Turgeon, 1983 CanLII 119, [1983] 1 SCR 308 19 October 1982 24 March 1983
Roberge v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 120, [1983] 1 SCR 312 10 May 1982 24 March 1983
Attorney General of Canada v Silk, 1983 CanLII 122, [1983] 1 SCR 335 16–17 June 1982 (1982-06-16 – 1982-06-17) 24 March 1983
Martin v Chapman, 1983 CanLII 123, [1983] 1 SCR 365 20 May 1982 24 March 1983
Abel Skiver Farm Corp v Town of Sainte-Foy, 1983 CanLII 22, [1983] 1 SCR 403 21 October 1981 26 April 1983
Cement LaFarge v BC Lightweight Aggregate, 1983 CanLII 23, [1983] 1 SCR 452 29–30 November 1982 (1982-11-29 – 1982-11-30) 26 April 1983
Case name Argued Decided Laskin Ritchie Dickson Beetz Estey McIntyre Chouinard Lamer Wilson
Warehousemen and Helpers Union, Local 979 v Brink's Canada, 1983 CanLII 125, [1983] 1 SCR 382 14 March 1983 26 April 1983
R v Konkin, 1983 CanLII 127, [1983] 1 SCR 388 1 December 1982 26 April 1983
R v Buchinsky, 1983 CanLII 128, [1983] 1 SCR 481 10 May 1982 26 April 1983
R v Roche, 1983 CanLII 130, [1983] 1 SCR 491 17 November 1982 26 April 1983
Zodiak International v Polish People's Republic, 1983 CanLII 24, [1983] 1 SCR 529 28 February 1983 17 May 1983
Citadel Assurance v Johns-Manville Canada, 1983 CanLII 52, [1983] 1 SCR 513 16 November 1982 17 May 1983
Palachik v Kiss, 1983 CanLII 53, [1983] 1 SCR 623 17 June 1982 17 May 1983
Attorney General of Canada v St Hubert Base Teachers’ Association, 1983 CanLII 131, [1983] 1 SCR 498 31 March 1983 17 May 1983
Smith v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 134, [1983] 1 SCR 554 22–23 February 1982 (1982-02-22 – 1982-02-23) 17 May 1983
Evans v Public Service Commission Appeal Board, 1983 CanLII 141, [1983] 1 SCR 582 4 November 1982 17 May 1983
Engineered Homes Ltd v Mason et al, 1983 CanLII 142, [1983] 1 SCR 641 30 November 1982 17 May 1983
Zidle v Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce et al, 1983 CanLII 143, [1983] 1 SCR 654 3–4 May 1983 (1983-05-03 – 1983-05-04) 17 May 1983
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v Riddell Stead & Co et al, 1983 CanLII 144, [1983] 1 SCR 656 3–4 May 1983 (1983-05-03 – 1983-05-04) 17 May 1983
R v Moore, 1983 CanLII 145, [1983] 1 SCR 658 17 May 1983 17 May 1983 V
Williams and Glyn’s Bank Ltd v Belkin Packaging Ltd, 1983 CanLII 28 January 1982 17 May 1983
Case name Argued Decided Laskin Ritchie Dickson Beetz Estey McIntyre Chouinard Lamer Wilson
Corpex (1977) Inc v The Queen in right of Canada, 1983 CanLII 169, [1982] 2 SCR 674 2 May 1983 17 May 1983
Paonessa and Paquette v R, 1983 CanLII 3477, [1983] 1 SCR 660 19 May 1983 19 May 1983 V
Re Regina and Fleming, 1983 CanLII 3614, 1983 CanLII 3614[b] 6 June 1983 6 June 1983
Novic v Novic, 1983 CanLII 55, [1983] 1 SCR 696 19 May 1983 7 June 1983
Adam v Daniel Roy Ltée, 1983 CanLII 147, [1983] 1 SCR 683 16 March 1983 7 June 1983
McEvoy v Attorney General for New Brunswick et al, 1983 CanLII 149, [1983] 1 SCR 704 8 February 1983 7 June 1983
R v Jacques, 1983 CanLII 150, [1983] 1 SCR 724 7 June 1983 7 June 1983 V
R v Covin, 1983 CanLII 151, [1983] 1 SCR 725 8 June 1983 8 June 1983
Fruitman v Scott, 1983 CanLII 56, [1983] 1 SCR 732 15 June 1983 15 June 1983 V
Northern Telecom v Communication Workers, 1983 CanLII 25, [1983] 1 SCR 733 8–9 June 1982 (1982-06-08 – 1982-06-09) 23 June 1983
A S G Industries Inc v Corporation Superseal, 1983 CanLII 152, [1983] 1 SCR 781 17 March 1983 23 June 1983
Lilly v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 153, [1983] 1 SCR 794 15–16 December 1982 (1982-12-15 – 1982-12-16) 23 June 1983
Gray v Cotic, 1983 CanLII 57, [1983] 2 SCR 2 18 May 1983 27 September 1983
Ontario Nurses' Association v Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit, 1983 CanLII 58, [1983] 2 SCR 6 31 May 1982 27 September 1983
Leblanc et al v Curbera, 1983 CanLII 154, [1983] 2 SCR 28 7 June 1983 27 September 1983
Case name Argued Decided Laskin Ritchie Dickson Beetz Estey McIntyre Chouinard Lamer Wilson
Co-Operative Fire & Casualty Co v Ritchie et al, 1983 CanLII 155, [1983] 2 SCR 36 2 February 1983 27 September 1983
Century Insurance Co of Canada et al v Case Existological Laboratories Ltd, 1983 CanLII 156, [1983] 2 SCR 47 2–3 February 1983 (1983-02-02 – 1983-02-03) 27 September 1983
Carleton v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 157, [1983] 2 SCR 58 27 September 1983 27 September 1983 V
Topey v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 158, [1983] 2 SCR 59 12 October 1983 12 October 1983 V
Bisaillon v Keable, 1983 CanLII 26, [1983] 2 SCR 60 3–4 March 1983 (1983-03-03 – 1983-03-04) 13 October 1983
Racine v Woods, 1983 CanLII 27, [1983] 2 SCR 173 23–24 June 1983 (1983-06-23 – 1983-06-24) 13 October 1983
Morris v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 28, [1983] 2 SCR 190 2 November 1982 13 October 1983
R v Wetmore, 1983 CanLII 29, [1983] 2 SCR 284 28 September 1982 13 October 1983
AG (Can) v Can Nat Transportation, Ltd, 1983 CanLII 36, [1983] 2 SCR 206 23–24 September 1982 (1982-09-23 – 1982-09-24) 13 October 1983 1 2 2
Dowson v R, 1983 CanLII 59, [1983] 2 SCR 144 9 June 1983 13 October 1983
Buchbinder v R, 1983 CanLII 60, [1983] 2 SCR 159 9 June 1983 13 October 1983
Lyons et al v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 132, [1984] 2 SCR 631 4 October 1983 13 October 1983
Vignola v Keable, 1983 CanLII 159, [1983] 2 SCR 112 3–4 March 1983 (1983-03-03 – 1983-03-04) 13 October 1983
R v Commisso, 1983 CanLII 160, [1983] 2 SCR 121 18 November 1982 13 October 1983
Phillips and Phillips v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 161, [1983] 2 SCR 161 3 February 1983 13 October 1983
Canadian Union of Public Employees v Labour Relations Board (NS) et al, 1983 CanLII 162, [1983] 2 SCR 311 4–5 May 1983 (1983-05-04 – 1983-05-05) 13 October 1983
Case name Argued Decided Laskin Ritchie Dickson Beetz Estey McIntyre Chouinard Lamer Wilson
Sadjade v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 163, [1983] 2 SCR 361 19 October 1983 19 October 1983 V
Mérineau v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 164, [1983] 2 SCR 362 20 October 1983 20 October 1983 V
Baxter Travenol Laboratories v Cutter (Canada), 1983 CanLII 30, [1983] 2 SCR 388 8 June 1983 3 November 1983
Messier v Delage, 1983 CanLII 31, [1983] 2 SCR 401 16 March 1983 3 November 1983
Ogg-Moss v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 139, [1984] 2 SCR 171 3 November 1983 3 November 1983 V
Attorney General of Quebec v Grondin, 1983 CanLII 165, [1983] 2 SCR 364 16 June 1983 3 November 1983
The Queen v Savage, 1983 CanLII 32, [1983] 2 SCR 428 21–22 June 1983 (1983-06-21 – 1983-06-22) 24 November 1983
R v Giguere, 1983 CanLII 61, [1983] 2 SCR 448 28 April 1983 24 November 1983
Bell v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 166, [1983] 2 SCR 471 2 February 1983 24 November 1983
Morguard Properties Ltd v City of Winnipeg, 1983 CanLII 33, [1983] 2 SCR 493 18 October 1983 15 December 1983
R v Eldorado Nuclear Ltd; R v Uranium Canada Ltd, 1983 CanLII 34, [1983] 2 SCR 551 27 January 1983 15 December 1983
Wilson v The Queen, 1983 CanLII 35, [1983] 2 SCR 594 14 March 1983 15 December 1983
Novic v Novic, 1983 CanLII 148, [1983] 1 SCR 700 6 December 1983 15 December 1983
Northern Pipeline Agency v Perehinec, 1983 CanLII 167, [1983] 2 SCR 513 5 May 1982 15 December 1983
Paul Revere Life Insurance Co v Sucharov, 1983 CanLII 168, [1983] 2 SCR 541 13 October 1983 15 December 1983

Notes

  1. ^ appointed on 4 March 1982
  2. ^ "Motion granted." For eventual disposition of case: Fleming (Gombosh Estate) v. The Queen, 1986 CanLII 63, [1986] 1 SCR 415 (24 April 1986)