2016 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada

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The table below lists the decisions (known as reasons) delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2016. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason.

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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 nameArguedDecided McLachlin Abella Cromwell Moldaver Karakatsanis Wagner Gascon Côté Brown Rowe
Canadian Pacific Railway Co v Canada (AG), 2016 SCC 1 December 9, 2015January 15, 2016
R v Seruhungo, 2016 SCC 2 January 15, 2016January 15, 2016V
R v Spicer, 2016 SCC 3 January 15, 2016January 15, 2016V
Carter v Canada (AG) , 2016 SCC 4 January 11, 2016January 15, 2016
R v Meer, 2016 SCC 5 January 21, 2016January 21, 2016V
R v Gagnon, 2016 SCC 6 February 23, 2016February 23, 2016V
R v Newman, 2016 SCC 7 February 25, 2016February 25, 2016V
Commission scolaire de Laval v Syndicat de l'enseignement de la région de Laval, 2016 SCC 8 October 14, 2015March 18, 2016
R v Knapczyk, 2016 SCC 10 January 20, 2016March 22, 2016V
R v Borowiec, 2016 SCC 11 January 20, 2016March 24, 2016
Case nameArguedDecidedMcLachlinAbellaCromwellMoldaverKarakatsanisWagnerGasconCôtéBrownRowe
Daniels v Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development) , 2016 SCC 12 October 8, 2015April 14, 2016
R v Lloyd, 2016 SCC 13 January 13, 2016April 15, 2016
R v Safarzadeh-Markhali, 2016 SCC 14 November 4, 2015April 15, 2016
World Bank Group v Wallace, 2016 SCC 15 November 6, 2015April 29, 2016
R v Shaoulle, 2016 SCC 16 April 29, 2016April 29, 2016V
R v Laliberté, 2016 SCC 17 April 29, 2016April 29, 2016V
Krayzel Corp v Equitable Trust Co, 2016 SCC 18 November 12, 2015May 6, 2016
Heritage Capital Corp v Equitable Trust Co, 2016 SCC 19 January 22, 2016May 6, 2016
Canada (AG) v Chambre des notaires du Québec, 2016 SCC 20 November 3, 2015June 3, 2016
Canada (National Revenue) v Thompson, 2016 SCC 21 December 4, 2014June 3, 2016
Case nameArguedDecidedMcLachlinAbellaCromwellMoldaverKarakatsanisWagnerGasconCôtéBrownRowe
R v DLW, 2016 SCC 22 November 9, 2015June 9, 2016
Rogers Communications Inc v Chateauguay (City of), 2016 SCC 23 October 9, 2015June 16, 2016
R v Saeed, 2016 SCC 24 December 1, 2015June 23, 2016
British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal) v Fraser Health Authority, 2016 SCC 25 January 14, 2016June 24, 2016
R v Vassell, 2016 SCC 26 May 20, 2016June 30, 2016
R v Jordan , 2016 SCC 27 October 7, 2015July 8, 2016
R v Williamson, 2016 SCC 28 October 7, 2015July 8, 2016
Wilson v Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, 2016 SCC 29 January 19, 2016July 14, 20161*2111
Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon LLP v Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, 2016 SCC 30 December 3, 2015July 15, 2016
R v KRJ, 2016 SCC 31 December 2, 2015July 21, 201612
Case nameArguedDecidedMcLachlinAbellaCromwellMoldaverKarakatsanisWagnerGasconCôtéBrownRowe
R v Cawthorne, 2016 SCC 32 April 25, 2016July 22, 2016
R v Villaroman, 2016 SCC 33 March 21, 2016July 29, 2016
Ferme Vi-Ber inc v Financière agricole du Québec, 2016 SCC 34 December 10, 2015July 29, 2016
Musqueam Indian Band v Musqueam Indian Band Board of Review , 2016 SCC 36 April 26, 2016September 9, 2016
Ledcor Construction Ltd v Northbridge Indemnity Insurance Co, 2016 SCC 37 March 30, 2016September 15, 2016
Canada (AG) v Igloo Vikski Inc, 2016 SCC 38 March 29, 2016September 29, 2016
Conférence des juges de paix magistrats du Québec v Quebec (AG), 2016 SCC 39 January 18, 2016October 14, 2016
R v Rowson, 2016 SCC 40 October 14, 2016October 14, 2016V
R v C K-D, 2016 SCC 41 October 14, 2016October 14, 2016V
Endean v British Columbia, 2016 SCC 42 May 19, 2016October 20, 2016
Case nameArguedDecidedMcLachlinAbellaCromwellMoldaverKarakatsanisWagnerGasconCôtéBrownRowe
R v Anthony-Cook, 2016 SCC 43 March 31, 2016October 21, 2016
Morasse v Nadeau-Dubois, 2016 SCC 44 April 22, 2016October 27, 2016
Urban Communications Inc v BCNET Networking Society , 2016 SCC 45 November 1, 2016November 1, 2016V
R v Diamond, 2016 SCC 46 October 12, 2016November 3, 2016
Edmonton (City of) v Edmonton East (Capilano) Shopping Centres Ltd, 2016 SCC 47 March 23, 2016November 4, 2016
Benhaim v St-Germain, 2016 SCC 48 April 28, 2016November 10, 2016
British Columbia Teachers' Federation v British Columbia, 2016 SCC 49 November 10, 2016November 10, 2016V
Royal Bank of Canada v Trang, 2016 SCC 50 April 27, 2016November 17, 2016
Mennillo v Intramodal Inc, 2016 SCC 51 December 8, 2015November 18, 2016
Lizotte v Aviva Insurance Co of Canada, 2016 SCC 52 March 24, 2016November 25, 2016
Case nameArguedDecidedMcLachlinAbellaCromwellMoldaverKarakatsanisWagnerGasconCôtéBrownRowe
Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53 April 1, 2016November 25, 201612
Windsor (City of) v Canadian Transit Co, 2016 SCC 54 April 21, 2016December 8, 20161222
Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc v Canada (AG), 2016 SCC 55 May 18, 2016December 9, 2016
Canada (AG) v Fairmont Hotels Inc, 2016 SCC 56 May 18, 2016December 9, 2016
Case nameArguedDecidedMcLachlinAbellaCromwellMoldaverKarakatsanisWagnerGasconCôtéBrownRowe

2016 statistics

JusticeReasons written% Majority
Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin
3

2

2

0

Total=7
Pusine Justice Rosalie Abella
5

1

1

4

Total=11
Pusine Justice Thomas Cromwell
5

3

2

1

Total=11
Pusine Justice Michael Moldaver
6

1

1

1

Total=9
Pusine Justice Andromache Karakatsanis
8

2

0

0

Total=10
Pusine Justice Richard Wagner
9

2

1

1

Total=13
Puisne Justice Clément Gascon
8

1

2

0

Total=11
Puisne Justice Suzanne Côté
7

1

2

8

Total=18
Puisne Justice Russell Brown
7

0

3

3

Total=13

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.

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