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 Brown
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 Brown
R. v. Araya, 2015 SCC 11 October 17, 2014 March 13, 2015
Société en commandite Place Mullins v. Services immobiliers Diane Bisson inc., 2015 SCC 36 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 Brown
Sanofi-Aventis v. Apotex Inc., 2015 SCC 20 April 20, 2015 April 20, 2015 V
Canada (Attorney General) v. Barnaby, 2015 SCC 31 April 23, 2015 April 23, 2015[2]
Caplin v. Canada (Minister of Justice), 2015 SCC 32 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
Yukon Francophone School Board, Education Area #23 v. Yukon (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 25 January 21, 2015 May 14, 2015
Bowden Institution v. Khadr, 2015 SCC 26 May 14, 2015 May 14, 2015 V
R. v. St-Cloud, 2015 SCC 27 November 6, 2014 May 15, 2015
Case name Argued Decided McLachlin LeBel Abella Rothstein Cromwell Moldaver Karakatsanis Wagner Gascon Côté Brown
R. v. Kokopenace, 2015 SCC 28 October 6, 2014 May 21, 2015
R. v. Barabash, 2015 SCC 29 January 16, 2015 May 22, 2015
Kahkewistahaw First Nation v. Taypotat, 2015 SCC 30 October 9, 2014 May 28, 2015
R. v. Tatton, 2015 SCC 33 December 9, 2014 June 4, 2015
R. v. Smith, 2015 SCC 34 March 20, 2015 June 11, 2015
Hinse v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 35 November 10, 2014 June 19, 2015
Strickland v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 37 January 20, 2015 July 9, 2015
R. v. Rodgerson, 2015 SCC 38 January 14, 2015 July 17, 2015
Quebec (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse) v. Bombardier Inc. (Bombardier Aerospace Training Center), 2015 SCC 39 January 23, 2015 July 23, 2015
R. v. Simpson, 2015 SCC 40 February 12, 2015 July 30, 2015
Case name Argued Decided McLachlin LeBel Abella Rothstein Cromwell Moldaver Karakatsanis Wagner Gascon Côté Brown
Guindon v Canada, 2015 SCC 41 December 5, 2014 July 31, 2015
Chevron Corp. v. Yaiguaje, 2015 SCC 42 December 11, 2014 September 4, 2015
Stuart Olson Dominion Construction Ltd. v. Structal Heavy Steel, 2015 SCC 43 January 19, 2015 September 18, 2015
Ontario (Energy Board) v. Ontario Power Generation Inc., 2015 SCC 44 December 3, 2014 September 25, 2015
ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd. v. Alberta (Utilities Commission), 2015 SCC 45 December 3, 2014 September 25, 2015
R. v. Riesberry, 2015 SCC 65 October 13, 2015 October 13, 2015[4]
Goodwin v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2015 SCC 46 May 19, 2015 October 16, 2015
Wilson v. British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2015 SCC 47 May 19, 2015 October 16, 2015
R. v. M.J.B., 2015 SCC 48 October 16, 2015 October 16, 2015 V
R. v. Neville, 2015 SCC 49 November 5, 2015 November 5, 2015 V
Case name Argued Decided McLachlin LeBel Abella Rothstein Cromwell Moldaver Karakatsanis Wagner Gascon Côté Brown
R. v. Singh Riar, 2015 SCC 50 November 10, 2015 November 10, 2015 V
Alberta (Attorney General) v. Moloney, 2015 SCC 51 January 15, 2015 November 13, 2015
407 ETR Concession Co. v. Canada (Superintendent of Bankruptcy), 2015 SCC 52 January 15, 2015 November 13, 2015
Saskatchewan (Attorney General) v. Lemare Lake Logging Ltd., 2015 SCC 53 May 21, 2015 November 13, 2015
R. v. Hecimovic, 2015 SCC 54 November 13, 2015 November 13, 2015 V
R. v. Moriarty, 2015 SCC 55 May 12, 2015 November 19, 2015
Caron v. Alberta, 2015 SCC 56 February 13, 2015 November 20, 2015
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. SODRAC 2003 Inc., 2015 SCC 57 March 16, 2015 November 26, 2015 1 2
B010 v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 SCC 58 February 17, 2015 November 27, 2015
R. v. Appulonappa, 2015 SCC 59 February 17, 2015 November 27, 2015
Case name Argued Decided McLachlin LeBel Abella Rothstein Cromwell Moldaver Karakatsanis Wagner Gascon Côté Brown
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce v. Green, 2015 SCC 60 February 9, 2015 December 4, 2015 2 2 1 1 1 2
Kanthasamy v. Canada (Citizen and Immigration), 2015 SCC 61 April 16, 2015 December 10, 2015
M.M. v. United States of America, 2015 SCC 62 March 17, 2015 December 11, 2015
R. v. McKenna, 2015 SCC 63 December 11, 2015 December 11, 2015 V
R. v. Lacasse, 2015 SCC 64 May 15, 2015 December 17, 2015
Case name Argued Decided McLachlin LeBel Abella Rothstein Cromwell Moldaver Karakatsanis Wagner Gascon Côté Brown

2015 statistics

Justice Reasons written % Majority
Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin
5

1

3

0

Total=9
Puisne Justice Louis LeBel
2

0

0

1

Total=3
Pusine Justice Rosalie Abella
7

2

2

4

Total=13
Pusine Justice Marshall Rothstein
7

1

1

1

Total=10
Pusine Justice Thomas Cromwell
10

2

0

1

Total=13
Pusine Justice Michael Moldaver
6

0

2

2

Total=10
Pusine Justice Andromache Karakatsanis
6

2

1

2

Total=11
Pusine Justice Richard Wagner
6

1

2

2

Total=11
Puisne Justice Clément Gascon
6

0

0

2

Total=8
Puisne Justice Suzanne Côté
1

2

1

2

Total=6
Puisne Justice Russell Brown
0

0

0

0

Total=0

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 decimal.

References

  1. ↑ Reasons issued June 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ Reasons issued May 29, 2015.
  3. ↑ Reasons issued May 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ Reasons issued December 18, 2015.
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