2015 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada

The table below lists the decisions (known as reasons) delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2015. 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.

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
  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 McLachlin LeBel Abella Rothstein Cromwell Moldaver Karakatsanis Wagner Gascon Côté
Mounted Police Association of Ontario v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 1 February 18, 2014 January 16, 2015
Meredith v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 2 February 19, 2014 January 16, 2015
Tervita Corp. v. Canada (Commissioner of Competition), 2015 SCC 3 March 27, 2014 January 22, 2015
Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v. Saskatchewan, 2015 SCC 4 May 16, 2014 January 30, 2015
Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 5 October 15, 2014 February 6, 2015
R. v. Goleski, 2015 SCC 6 February 11, 2015 February 11, 2015 V
Canada (Attorney General) v. Federation of Law Societies of Canada, 2015 SCC 7 May 13, 2014 February 13, 2015
R. v. Perrone, 2015 SCC 8 February 19, 2015 February 19, 2015 V
R. v. Grant, 2015 SCC 9 November 14, 2014 March 5, 2015
Potter v. New Brunswick Legal Aid Services Commission, 2015 SCC 10 May 12, 2014 March 6, 2015
Case name Argued Decided McLachlin LeBel Abella Rothstein Cromwell Moldaver Karakatsanis Wagner Gascon Côté
R. v. Araya, 2015 SCC 11 October 17, 2014 March 13, 2015
Société en commandite Place Mullins v. Services immobiliers Diane Bisson Inc. March 18, 2015 March 18, 2015[1]
Loyola High School v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 12 March 24, 2014 March 19, 2015
R. v. Sanghera, 2015 SCC 13 March 19, 2015 March 19, 2015 V
Quebec (Attorney General) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 14 October 8, 2014 March 27, 2015
R. v. Nur, 2015 SCC 15 November 7, 2014 April 14, 2015
Mouvement laïque québécois v. Saguenay (City), 2015 SCC 16 October 14, 2014 April 15, 2015
Carey v. Laiken, 2015 SCC 17 December 10, 2014 April 16, 2015
Theratechnologies inc. v. 121851 Canada inc., 2015 SCC 18 December 1, 2014 April 17, 2015
Zurich Insurance Co. v. Chubb Insurance Co. of Canada, 2015 SCC 19 April 17, 2015 April 17, 2015 V
Case name Argued Decided McLachlin LeBel Abella Rothstein Cromwell Moldaver Karakatsanis Wagner Gascon Côté
Sanofi-Aventis v. Apotex Inc., 2015 SCC 20 April 20, 2015 April 20, 2015 V
Caplin v. Canada (Minister of Justice) April 23, 2015 April 23, 2015[2]
Canada (Attorney General) v. Barnaby April 23, 2015 April 23, 2015[3]
Association des parents de l'école Rose-des-vents v. British Columbia, 2015 SCC 21 December 2, 2014 April 24, 2015
Quebec (Attorney General) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 22 April 24, 2015 April 24, 2015 V
White Burgess Langille Inman v. Abbott and Haliburton Co., 2015 SCC 23 October 7, 2014 April 30, 2015
Henry v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 24 November 13, 2014 May 1, 2015

References

  1. ↑ Reasons yet to be issued.
  2. ↑ Reasons yet to be issued.
  3. ↑ Reasons yet to be issued.

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