R. v. Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd.

Crown Zellerbach

Supreme Court of Canada
Hearing: N/A
Judgment: March 24, 1988
Full case name: R. v. Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd.
History: Act found ultra vires at trial, BCCA dismissed appeal
Ruling: Act is intra vires, appeal allowed
Holding
All matters relating to polluting the ocean are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal government owing to the national concern branch of the "peace, order, and good government" clause.
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R. v. Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd. [1988] 1 S.C.R. 401, is a leading constitutional decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. The Court upheld the validity of the Ocean Dumping Act - now part of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act - finding that all matters related to polluting the ocean are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal government owing to the national concern branch of the "peace, order, and good government" clause in the British North America Act, 1867 (now known as the Constitution Act, 1867).

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