2018 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 2018. 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 Wagner Abella Moldaver Karakatsanis Gascon Côté Brown Rowe Martin
R v Seipp, 2018 SCC 1 [1] January 16, 2018January 16, 2018V
Delta Air Lines Inc v Lukács, 2018 SCC 2 [2] October 4, 2017January 19, 2018
Quebec (Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail) v Caron, 2018 SCC 3 [3] March 30, 2017February 1, 2018
Williams Lake Indian Band v Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4 [4] April 26, 2017February 2, 2018
R v Canadian Broadcasting Corp., 2018 SCC 5 [5] November 1, 2017February 9, 2018
R v A.R.J.D., 2018 SCC 6 [6] February 9, 2018February 9, 2018V
R v G.T.D., 2018 SCC 7 [7] February 14, 2018February 14, 2018V
Valard Construction Ltd v Bird Construction Co, 2018 SCC 8 [8] November 7, 2017February 15, 2018
R. v. A.G.W., 2018 SCC 9 [9] February 16, 2018February 16, 2018V
R. v. Black, 2018 SCC 10 [10] March 13, 2018March 13, 2018V
Case nameArguedDecided McLachlin Wagner Abella Moldaver Karakatsanis Gascon Côté Brown Rowe Martin
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 773 v Lawrence, 2018 SCC 11 [11] March 20, 2018March 20, 2018V
R v Carson, 2018 SCC 12 [12] November 3, 2017March 23, 2018
R.A. v. Her Majesty The Queen, 2018 SCC 13 [13] March 23, 2018March 23, 2018V
R. v. Magoon, 2018 SCC 14 [14] November 27, 2017April 13, 2018
R v Comeau , 2018 SCC 15 [15] December 6, 2017April 19, 2018
Office of the Children's Lawyer v. Balev, 2018 SCC 16 [16] November 9, 2017April 20, 2018
Quebec (Attorney General) v. Alliance du personnel professionnel et technique de la santé et des services sociaux, 2018 SCC 17 [17] October 31, 2017May 10, 2018
Centrale des syndicats du Québec v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 18 [18] October 31, 2017May 10, 2018*
Rankin (Rankin's Garage & Sales) v. J.J., 2018 SCC 19 [19] October 20, 2017May 11, 2018
R. v. Cain, 2018 SCC 20 [20] May 14, 2018May 14, 2018V
Case nameArguedDecided McLachlin Wagner Abella Moldaver Karakatsanis Gascon Côté Brown Rowe Martin
R. v. Stephan, 2018 SCC 21 [21] [22] May 15, 2018May 15, 2018V
West Fraser Mills Ltd. v. British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal), 2018 SCC 22 [23] December 4, 2017May 18, 2018123
R. v. Colling, 2018 SCC 23 [24] May 18, 2018May 18, 2018V
R. v. Gulliver, 2018 SCC 24 [25] May 18, 2018May 18, 2018V
R v Wong, 2018 SCC 25 [26] November 10, 2017May 25, 2018
Highwood Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall, 2018 SCC 26 [27] November 2, 2017May 31, 2018
Groia v Law Society of Upper Canada, 2018 SCC 27 [28] November 6, 2017June 1, 2018
Haaretz.com v. Goldhar, 2018 SCC 28 [29] November 29, 2017June 6, 2018123*
Montréal (City) v. Lonardi, 2018 SCC 29 [30] October 3, 2017June 8, 2018
Ewert v. Canada, 2018 SCC 30 [31] October 12, 2017June 13, 2018
Case nameArguedDecided McLachlin Wagner Abella Moldaver Karakatsanis Gascon Côté Brown Rowe Martin
Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 SCC 31 [32] November 28, 2017June 14, 2018121
Law Society of British Columbia v. Trinity Western University, 2018 SCC 32 [33] November 30, 2017June 15, 201812
Trinity Western University v. Law Society of Upper Canada, 2018 SCC 33 [34] November 30, 2017June 15, 201812
R v Suter, 2018 SCC 34 [35] October 11, 2017June 29, 2018
Lorraine (Ville) v. 2646-8926 Québec inc., 2018 SCC 35 [36] January 9, 2018July 6, 2018
British Columbia v. Philip Morris International, Inc., 2018 SCC 36 [37] January 17, 2018July 13, 2018
R v Brassington, 2018 SCC 37 [38] March 14, 2018July 20, 2018
Rogers Communications Inc. v Voltage Pictures LLC, 2018 SCC 38 [39] April 26, 2018September 14, 2018
Chagnon v Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec, 2018 SCC 39 [40] March 15, 2018October 5, 2018
Mikisew Cree First Nation v. Canada (Governor General in Council), 2018 SCC 40 [41] January 15, 2018October 11, 201813*3231
Case nameArguedDecided McLachlin Wagner Abella Moldaver Karakatsanis Gascon Côté Brown Rowe Martin
R v Cyr-Langlois, 2018 SCC 54 [42] October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 [43]
R v Gagnon, 2018 SCC 41 [44] October 16, 2018October 16, 2018V
R v Normore, 2018 SCC 42 [45] October 17, 2018October 17, 2018V
3091‑5177 Québec inc. (Éconolodge Aéroport) v. Lombard General Insurance Co. of Canada, 2018 SCC 43 [46] January 10, 2018October 19, 2018
R v Gubbins, 2018 SCC 44 [47] February 6, 2018October 26, 2018
R v Awashish, 2018 SCC 45 [48] February 7, 2018October 26, 2018
Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Limited v. Hydro-Québec, 2018 SCC 46 [49] December 5, 2017November 2, 2018
Callidus Capital Corp. v. Canada, 2018 SCC 47 [50] November 8, 2018November 8, 2018V
Reference re Pan‑Canadian Securities Regulation , 2018 SCC 48 [51] March 22, 2018November 9, 2018
R. v. Youssef, 2018 SCC 49 [52] November 9, 2018November 9, 2018V
Case nameArguedDecided McLachlin Wagner Abella Moldaver Karakatsanis Gascon Côté Brown Rowe Martin
Mazraani v. Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc., 2018 SCC 50 [53] May 16, 2018November 16, 2018
R v Ajise, 2018 SCC 51 [54] November 16, 2018November 16, 2018V
Moore v. Sweet, 2018 SCC 52 [55] February 8, 2018November 23, 2018
R v Vice Media Canada Inc., 2018 SCC 53 [56] May 23, 2018November 30, 2018
Brunette v. Legault Joly Thiffault, s.e.n.c.r.l., 2018 SCC 55 [57] April 23, 2018December 7, 2018
R v Reeves, 2018 SCC 56 [58] May 17, 2018December 13, 201812
R v Culotta, 2018 SCC 57 [59] December 13, 2018December 13, 2018V
R v Boudreault, 2018 SCC 58 [60] April 17, 2018December 14, 2018
R v Quartey, 2018 SCC 59 [61] December 14, 2018December 14, 2018V
Case nameArguedDecided McLachlin Wagner Abella Moldaver Karakatsanis Gascon Côté Brown Rowe Martin

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