2006 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada

The table below lists the reasons delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2006. A total of 59 judgments were published. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason. This list, however, does not include reasons on motions.[1]

The Globe and Mail remarked that this year was the lowest number of judgments released in at least 25 years.[2] It was noted that this appears to be a part of a similar trend seen in the US Supreme Court and House of Lords.

Reasons

Case name Argued Decided McLachlin Bastarache Binnie LeBel Deschamps Fish Abella Charron Rothstein
Canada (Human Rights Commission) v. Canadian Airlines International Ltd., [2006] 1 S.C.R. 3; 2006 SCC 1 October 19, 2005 January 26, 2006
Isidore Garon ltée v. Tremblay; Fillion et Frères (1976) inc. v. Syndicat national des employés de garage du Québec inc., [2006] 1 S.C.R. 27; 2006 SCC 2 February 16, 2005 January 27, 2006
X
Young v. Bella, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 108; 2006 SCC 3 October 20, 2005 January 27, 2006
X
X
ATCO Gas & Pipelines Ltd. v. Alberta (Energy & Utilities Board), [2006] 1 S.C.R. 140; 2006 SCC 4 May 11, 2005 February 9, 2006
x
Canadian Pacific Railway Co. v. Vancouver (City), 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 5 November 9, 2005 February 23, 2006
Multani v. Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys, 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 6 April 12, 2005 March 2, 2006
2
1
1
X
Mazzei v. British Columbia (Director of Adult Forensic Psychiatric Services), 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 7 November 14, 2005 March 16, 2006
X
R. v. Pittiman, 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 9 February 10, 2006 March 23, 2006
R. v. Lavigne, 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 10 December 8, 2005 March 30, 2006
X
R. v. Chaisson, 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 11 March 15, 2005 March 30, 2006
X
Case name Argued Decided McLachlin Bastarache Binnie LeBel Deschamps Fish Abella Charron Rothstein
Lévis (City) v. Tétreault; Lévis (City) v. 2629-4470 Québec inc., 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 12 October 21, 2005 April 13, 2006
X
H.J. Heinz Co. of Canada Ltd. v. Canada (Attorney General), 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 13 November 7, 2005 April 21, 2006
Tranchemontagne v. Ontario (Director, Disability Support Program), 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 14 December 12, 2005 April 21, 2006
X
R. v. Rodgers, 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 15 November 15, 2005 April 27, 2006
x
R. v. Graveline, 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 16 March 14, 2006 April 27, 2006
X
R. v. Gagnon, _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 17 March 16, 2006 May 4, 2006
X
X
Childs v. Desormeaux, _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 18 January 18, 2006 May 5, 2006
Bisaillon v. Concordia University, _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 19 December 14, 2005 May 18, 2006
X
Placer Dome Canada Ltd. v. Ontario (Minister of Finance), _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 20 November 17, 2005 May 25, 2006
X
Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada v. Guardian Insurance Co. of Canada, _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 21 January 10, 2006 June 1, 2006
Case name Argued Decided McLachlin Bastarache Binnie LeBel Deschamps Fish Abella Charron Rothstein
Mattel, Inc. v. 3894207 Canada Inc., _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 22 October 18, 2005 June 2, 2006
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin v. Boutiques Cliquot Ltée, _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 23 October 18, 2005 June 2, 2006
Canada 3000 Inc., Re; Inter‑Canadian (1991) Inc. (Trustee of), _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 24 January 16, 17, 2006 June 9, 2006
x
Leskun v. Leskun, _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 25 February 15, 2006 June 21, 2006
R. v. B.W.P.; R. v. B.V.N., 2006 SCC 27 November 10, 2005 June 22, 2006
Buschau v. Rogers Communications Inc., 2006 SCC 28 November 15, 2005 June 22, 2006
X
Fidler v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, 2006 SCC 30 December 6, 2005 June 29, 2006
x
Goodis v. Ontario (Ministry of Correctional Services), 2006 SCC 31 April 18, 2006 July 7, 2006
X
R. v. Boulanger, 2006 SCC 32 April 18, 2006 July 13, 2006
X
United States of America v. Ferras; United States of America v. Latty, 2006 SCC 33 October 17, 2005 July 21, 2006
Case name Argued Decided McLachlin Bastarache Binnie LeBel Deschamps Fish Abella Charron Rothstein
United Mexican States v. Ortega; United States of America v. Fiessel, 2006 SCC 34 March 23, 2006 July 21, 2006
X
GMAC Commercial Credit Corporation - Canada v. T.C.T. Logistics Inc., 2006 SCC 35 November 16, 2005 July 27, 2006
x
Celanese Canada Inc. v. Murray Demolition Corp., 2006 SCC 36 December 12, 2005 July 27, 2006
X
D.B.S. v. S.R.G.; L.J.W. v. T.A.R.; Henry v. Henry; Hiemstra v. Hiemstra, 2006 SCC 37 February 13, 2006 July 31, 2006
x
Blank v. Canada (Minister of Justice), 2006 SCC 39 December 13, 2005 September 8, 2006
R. v. Kong, 2006 SCC 40 June 22, 2006 September 8, 2006
X/R
Isen v. Simms, 2006 SCC 41 June 21, 2006 October 5, 2006
X
R. v. Hazout, 2006 SCC 42 June 22, 2006 October 5, 2006
Robertson v. Thomson Corp., 2006 SCC 43 Dec. 6, 2005/Apr. 18, 2006 October 12, 2006
x
x
R. v. Shoker, 2006 SCC 44 February 14, 2006 October 13, 2006
Case name Argued Decided McLachlin Bastarache Binnie LeBel Deschamps Fish Abella Charron Rothstein
Walker v. Ritchie, 2006 SCC 45 May 10, 2006 October 13, 2006
X
Imperial Oil Ltd. v. Canada; Inco Ltd. v. Canada, 2006 SCC 46 February 7, 2006 October 20, 2006
X
R. v. Krieger, 2006 SCC 47 January 12, 2006 October 26, 2006
X
Pharmascience Inc. v. Binet, 2006 SCC 48 May 9, 2006 October 26, 2006
X
AstraZeneca Canada Inc. v. Canada (Minister of Health), 2006 SCC 49 May 11, 2006 November 3, 2006
X
Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec v. Regroupement pour la commercialisation des produits de l'érable inc., 2006 SCC 50 June 19, 2006 November 9, 2006
Pro Swing Inc. v. Elta Golf Inc., 2006 SCC 52 December 5, 2005 November 17, 2006
R. v. Déry, 2006 SCC 53 February 16, 2006 November 23, 2006
X
R. v. Sappier; R. v. Gray, 2006 SCC 54 May 17, 2006 December 7, 2006
R. v. Angelillo, 2006 SCC 55 December 8, 2005 December 8, 2006
Case name Argued Decided McLachlin Bastarache Binnie LeBel Deschamps Fish Abella Charron Rothstein
R. v. Larche, 2006 SCC 56 November 8, 2005 December 8, 2006
R. v. Khelawon, 2006 SCC 57 December 16, 2005 December 14, 2006
McDiarmid Lumber Ltd. v. God’s Lake First Nation, 2006 SCC 58 April 20, 2006 December 15, 2006
R. v. Morris, 2006 SCC 59 October 14, 2005 December 21, 2006
X
X

Justices of the Supreme Court

Justice Reasons written Votes cast % Majority
Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin
8

0

0

2

Total=10
32

1

1

4

Total=38
 41 of 48
Puisne Justice Michel Bastarache
7

2

0

2

Total=11
34

1

0

2

Total=37
 44 of 48
Puisne Justice Ian Binnie
7

1

0

3

Total=11
33

1

1

2

Total=37
 42 of 48
Puisne Justice Louis LeBel
8

3

0

2

Total=13
32

0

0

2

Total=34
 43 of 47
Pusine Justice Marie Deschamps
7

1

0

2

Total=10
33

0

0

2

Total=35
 41 of 45
Puisne Justice Morris Fish
8

1

0

3

Total=12
39

2

0

5

Total=46
 50 of 58
Pusine Justice Rosalie Abella
5

2

1

2

Total=10
37

0

0

1

Total=38
 44 of 48
Pusine Justice Louise Charron
7

0

0

0

Total=07
35

3

1

2

Total=41
 45 of 48
Pusine Justice Marshall Rothstein (began March 1, 2006)
3

0

0

0

Total=03
7

0

0

0

Total=07
 10 of 10 (100%)
This

Notes on statistics:

  • A justice is only included in the majority if they have joined or concurred in the Court's judgment in full. Percentages are based only on the cases in which a justice participated, and are rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Table key

  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
  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.

Notes

  1. ↑ Motions released in 2006: R. v. Hotte, [2006] 1 S.C.R. 379, 2006 SCC 8; Ronald David Baier et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta (Motion), 2006 SCC 38
  2. ↑ Kirk Makin, "Dramatic drop in Supreme Court rulings fuels questions" Globe and Mail (December 29, 2006)

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