Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Deschamps

This is a list of all the opinions written by Marie Deschamps during her tenure as puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

2003

Marie Deschamps 2003 statistics 3 Majority or Plurality 1 Concurrence 0 Other 4 Dissent 3 Concurrence/dissent Total = 11 Written opinions = ? Oral opinions = ? Unanimous opinions = ?

	Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
	Markevich v. Canada [2003] 1 S.C.R. 94; 2003 SCC 9 [1]	Income tax	None	Gonthier J.
	Caisse populaire Desjardins de Val-Brillant v. Blouin [2003] 1 S.C.R. 666; 2003 SCC 31 [2]	Movable hypothec; Quebec Civil Code	None	Binnie and LeBel JJ.
	Trociuk v. British Columbia (Attorney General) [2003] 1 S.C.R. 835; 2003 SCC 34 [3]	Equality rights; vital statistics; Charter	None	Unanimous
	Wewaykum Indian Band v. Canada [2003] 2 S.C.R. 259; 2003 SCC 45 [4]	Reasonable apprehension of bias; Supreme Court judgments	McLachlin C.J. and Gonthier, Iacobucci, Major, Bastarache, Arbour and LeBel JJ.	None
	Doucet-Boudreau v. Nova Scotia (Minister of Education) [2003] 3 S.C.R. 3; 2003 SCC 62 [5]	Remedy and enforcement of Charter breaches	LeBel J.	Major and Binnie JJ.
	National Trust Co. v. H & R Block Canada Inc. [2003] 3 S.C.R. 160; 2003 SCC 66 [6]	Bulk sales; commercial law	None	LeBel J.
	Maranda v. Richer [2003] 3 S.C.R. 193; 2003 SCC 67 [7]	Searching lawyer's office; solicitor-client privilege	None	None
	Quebec (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse) v. Maksteel Québec Inc. [2003] 3 S.C.R. 228; 2003 SCC 68 [8]	Charter; discrimination based on criminal record	None	Gonthier, Iacobucci, Binnie, Arbour and LeBel JJ.
	R. v. Wu [2003] 3 S.C.R. 530; 2003 SCC 73 [9]	Conditional sentencing	None	None
	R. v. Malmo-Levine; R. v. Caine [2003] 3 S.C.R. 571; 2003 SCC 74 [10]	Charter; security of person; equality rights; federalism; criminalization of marijuana	None	None
	R. v. Clay [2003] 3 S.C.R. 735; 2003 SCC 75 [11]		None	None

2004

Marie Deschamps 2004 statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 0 Concurrence 0 Other 3 Dissent 2 Concurrence/dissent Total = 12 Written opinions = ? Oral opinions = ? Unanimous opinions = ?

	Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
	Giguère v. Chambre des notaires du Québec [2004] 1 S.C.R. 3; 2004 SCC 1 [12]	Professional liability	None	None
	Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v. Canada (Attorney General) [2004] 1 S.C.R. 76; 2004 SCC 4 [13]	Charter sections 7 and 15; spanking	None	None
	Townsend v. Kroppmanns [2004] 1 S.C.R. 315; 2004 SCC 10 [14]	Tort damages	None	Unanimous
	Hartshorne v. Hartshorne [2004] 1 S.C.R. 550; 2004 SCC 22 [15]	Marriage contracts; family assets; maintenance	None	Binnie and LeBel JJ.
	Bank of Nova Scotia v. Thibault [2004] 1 S.C.R. 758; 2004 SCC 29 [16]	Statutory interpretation; trusts	None	Unanimous
	Banque nationale de Paris (Canada) v. 165836 Canada Inc. [2004] 2 S.C.R. 45; 2004 SCC 37 [17]	Default; Quebec Civil Code	None	Bastarache J.
	R. v. Mann [2004] 3 S.C.R. 59; 2004 SCC 52 [18]	Charter; search and seizure; police investigatory powers	None	Bastarache J.
	Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Superintendent of Financial Services) [2004] 3 S.C.R. 152; 2004 SCC 54 [19]	Pensions; judicial review	None	Unanimous
	Côté v. Rancourt [2004] 3 S.C.R. 248; 2004 SCC 58 [20]	Lawyer conflict of interest	None	Unanimous
	Glykis v. Hydro-Québec [2004] 3 S.C.R. 285; 2004 SCC 60 [21]	Interruption of public services	None	McLachlin C.J. and Bastarache and Binnie JJ.
	Entreprises Sibeca Inc. v. Frelighsburg (Municipality) [2004] 3 S.C.R. 304; 2004 SCC 61 [22]	Municipal zoning and immunity	None	McLachlin C.J. and Bastarache and Binnie JJ.
	Peoples Department Stores Inc. (Trustee of) v. Wise [2004] 3 S.C.R. 461; 2004 SCC 68 [23]	Director liability; duty of care	Major J.	Unanimous

2005

Marie Deschamps 2005 statistics 7 Majority or Plurality 0 Concurrence 0 Other 3 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 10 Written opinions = ? Oral opinions = ? Unanimous opinions = ?

	Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
	Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General) [2005] 1 S.C.R. 791; 2005 SCC 35 [24]	Charter; security of person; private health insurance	None	None
	Mugesera v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) [2005] 2 S.C.R. 100; 2005 SCC 40 [25]	Judicial review; deportation; crimes against humanity	McLachlin C.J. and Major, Bastarache, Binnie, LeBel, Fish and Charron JJ.	None
	D.I.M.S. Construction inc. (Trustee of) v. Quebec (Attorney General) [2005] 2 S.C.R. 564; 2005 SCC 52 [26]	Bankruptcy	None	Unanimous
o	Moufarrège v. Quebec (Deputy Minister of Revenue) [2005] 2 S.C.R. 598; 2005 SCC 53 [27]	Income tax	None	Unanimous
	Reference re Employment Insurance Act (Can.), ss. 22 and 23 [2005] 2 S.C.R. 669; 2005 SCC 56 [28]	Unemployment insurance; maternity benefits	None	Unanimous
	Hilewitz v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration); De Jong v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) [2005] 2 S.C.R. 706; 2005 SCC 57 [29]	Immigration; inadmissibility due to health	None	LeBel J.
	Montréal (City) v. 2952-1366 Québec Inc. [2005] 3 S.C.R. 141; 2005 SCC 62 [30]	Charter; Freedom of expression	McLachlin C.J.	Bastarache, LeBel, Abella and Charron JJ.
	Merk v. International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, Local 771 [2005] 3 S.C.R. 425; 2005 SCC 70 [31]	Whistleblower protection	None	None
	R. v. Boucher [2005] 3 S.C.R. 499; 2005 SCC 72 [32]	Breathalizer evidence	None	McLachlin C.J. and Major, Bastarache and Abella JJ.
	Dikranian v. Quebec (Attorney General) [2005] 3 S.C.R. 530; 2005 SCC 73 [33]	Student loan repayment plan	None	None

2006

Marie Deschamps 2006 statistics 4 Majority or Plurality 1 Concurrence 0 Other 2 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 7 Written reasons = ? Oral reasons = ? Unanimous reasons = ?

	Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
	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 [34]	Labour arbitration	None	Bastarache, Binnie and Charron JJ.
	Multani v. Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 6 [35]	Religious freedom; section 2 of Charter; judicial review	Abella J.	None
	R. v. Lavigne 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 10 [36]	Crime proceeds	None	Unanimous
	H.J. Heinz Co. of Canada Ltd. v. Canada (Attorney General) 1 S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 13 [37]	Access to information	None	Binnie, Fish and Abella JJ.:
	R. v. Gagnon _ S.C.R. _; 2006 SCC 17 [38]	Reasons for judgment	Fish J.	None
	Buschau v. Rogers Communications Inc. 2006 SCC 28 [39]	Pension law	None	LeBel, Fish and Abella JJ.
	GMAC Commercial Credit Corporation - Canada v. T.C.T. Logistics Inc. 2006 SCC 35 [40]	Bankruptcy	None	None
	Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec v. Regroupement pour la commercialisation des produits de l'érable inc., 2006 SCC 50 2006 SCC 50 [41]	Bankruptcy in Quebec	None	Unanimous
	Pro Swing Inc. v. Elta Golf Inc. 2006 SCC 52 [42]	Conflict of laws; enforcement of non-monetary judgments	None	LeBel, Fish and Abella JJ.
	R. v. Morris 2006 SCC 59 [43]	Aboriginal treaty rights	Abella J.	Binnie and Charron JJ.

2010

Statistics XXXXX Majority or Plurality XXX Concurrence XXXX Other XXXX Dissent XXXX Concurrence/dissent Total = XXXXXX Written opinions = XXX Oral opinions = XXX Unanimous decisions = XXX

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2011

Statistics XXXXX Majority or Plurality XXX Concurrence XXXX Other XXXX Dissent XXXX Concurrence/dissent Total = XXXXXX Written opinions = XXX Oral opinions = XXX Unanimous decisions = XXX

	Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
	Canadian Broadcasting Corp v The Queen 2011 SCC 3 [44]	Broadcasting bans	–	Unanimous
	Canadian Broadcasting Corp v Canada (AG) 2011 SCC 2 [45]	Whether measures of practice and directive issued by the Ministère de la Justice limiting filming, taking photographs and conducting interviews to predetermined locations and prohibiting broadcasting of official audio recordings of hearings infringes freedom of expression under s. 2(b) of the Charter — Whether a directive meets "prescribed by law" requirement of s. 1 of the Charter	–	Unanimous
	Smith v Alliance Pipeline Ltd 2011 SCC 7 [46]	Standard of review for Pipeline Arbitration Committee appointed pursuant to the National Energy Board Act	–	–
	Bou Malhab v Diffusion Métromédia CMR inc 2011 SCC 9 [47]	Whether the representative plaintiff in a class action for defamation must prove that each group member suffered personal injury	–	McLachlin CJ and Binnie, LeBel, Charron and Rothstein JJ
	Seidel v TELUS Communications Inc 2011 SCC 15 [48]	Whether provincial legislation, stating that contractual agreements to waive or release rights, benefits or protects under the legislation area void, renders an arbitration clause in a standard form cell phone contract void	LeBel J	Abella and Charron JJ
	Ontario (AG) v Fraser 2011 SCC 20 [49]	Whether separate labour relations legislation governing agricultural workers in Ontario infringes freedom of association under s. 2(d) of the Charter by failing to establish a meaningful process of collective bargaining	–	–
	i Trade Finance Inc v Bank of Montreal 2011 SCC 26 [50]	Role of personal property security legislation — Whether finance company has right to recover disputed funds on basis of advances made under mistake of fact, constructive trust or equitable lien — Whether pledge to bank creates a statutory enforceable security interest — Whether bank is a bona fide purchaser for value without notice	–	Unanimous
	Canada Trustco Mortgage Co v Canada 2011 SCC 36 [51]	Whether a bank is liable to make payments to a tax debtor when receiving cheques payable to a tax debtor for deposit in an account held jointly by the tax debtor and a third party	–	Binnie, Rothstein and Cromwell JJ
	Dubé v Canada 2011 SCC 39 [52]	Whether the interest earned on bank deposits by a status Indian is exempt from income taxation as personal property "situated on a reserve" under the Indian Act	–	Rothstein J
	Bastien Estate v Canada 2011 SCC 38 [53]	Whether the interest earned on bank deposits by a status Indian is exempt from income taxation as personal property "situated on a reserve" under the Indian Act	–	Rothstein J
	R v Côté 2011 SCC 46 [54]	Standard of review of a trial judge's determination of what would bring the administration of justice into disrepute for the purpose of determining whether to exclude evidence under s. 24(2) of the Charter	–	–
	Crookes v Newton 2011 SCC 47 [55]	Tort of libel and slander — Whether a hyperlink to an allegedly defamatory article in itself constitutes a publication	–	–
	R v Whyte 2011 SCC 49 [56]	Whether conduct of police violated ss. 8 and 9 of the Charter	–	Unanimous (oral)
	Quebec (AG) v Canada (Human Resources and Social Development) 2011 SCC 60 [57]	Whether provincial legislation providing that income replacement benefits received by injured worker be exempt from seizure is constitutionally inoperative in relation to garnishment scheme created by federal Employment Insurance Act — Whether federal Employment Insurance Commission, as an agent of the Crown, is protected by common law immunity such that the provincial legislation is inapplicable to the federal Crown	–	Unanimous

2012

Statistics 9 Majority or Plurality 0 Concurrence 0 Other 1 Dissent 0 Concurrence/dissent Total = 10 Written opinions = 9 Oral opinions = 1 Unanimous decisions = 1

	Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
	Merck Frosst Canada Ltd v Canada (Health) 2012 SCC 3 [58]	Access to third-party information and notice requirements under the federal Access to Information Act	–	Abella and Rothstein JJ
	R v TLM 2012 SCC 6 [59]	Admissibility of similar fact evidence	–	Unanimous (oral)
	SL v Commission scolaire des Chênes 2012 SCC 7 [60]	Whether refusal of school board to exempt children from ethics and religious culture course infringed freedom of religion under s. 2(a) of the Charter	–	McLachlin CJ and Binnie, Abella, Charron, Rothstein and Cromwell JJ
	R v RP 2012 SCC 22 [61]	Reasonableness of trial verdict	–	Abella, Cromwell, Moldaver and Karakatsanis JJ
	Annapolis County District School Board v Marshall 2012 SCC 27 [62]	Tort of negligence and contributory negligence	–	McLachlin CJ and Abella, Rothstein, Moldaver and Karakatsanis JJ
	R v Gibbons 2012 SCC 28 [63]	Offence of contempt of court and section 127 of the Criminal Code	–	McLachlin CJ and LeBel, Abella, Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver and Karakatsanis JJ
	R v Punko 2012 SCC 39 [64]	Issue estoppel	–	McLachlin CJ and Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver and Karakatsanis JJ
	R v St-Onge Lamoureaux 2012 SCC 57 [65]	[DESCRIPTION]	–	McLachlin CJ and LeBel, Fish and Abella JJ
	R v Dineley 2012 SCC 58 [66]	Whether amendments brought to Criminal Code during accused's trial limiting the evidence that may be adduced in defence to raise a doubt about the reliability of breathalyzer tests have retrospective effect to the time of the alleged offence	–	LeBel, Fish and Abella JJ
	Newfoundland and Labrador v AbitibiBowater Inc 2012 SCC 67 [67]	Bankruptcy and insolvency and whether the federal Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act is ultra vires by permitting courts to determine whether an environmental order is a monetary claim	–	Fish, Abella, Rothstein, Cromwell, Moldaver and Karakatsanis JJ

2013

2013 statistics 1 Majority or Plurality 0 Concurrence 0 Other 0 Dissent 1 Concurrence/dissent Total = 2 Written opinions = 2 Oral opinions = 0 Unanimous decisions = 0

	Case name	Issue	Co-authored by	Joined by
	Quebec (AG) v A 2013 SCC 5 [68]	Discrimination based on marital status under s. 15(1) of the Charter	–	Cromwell and Karakatsanis JJ
	Sun Indalex Finance, LLC v United Steelworkers 2013 SCC 6 [69]	Pensions and bankruptcy and insolvency	–	Moldaver J