John Sopinka, QC (March 19, 1933 – November 24, 1997) was a Canadian lawyer and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada, the first Ukrainian-Canadian...

Anti-Doping Agency John Robarts, former premier of Ontario John Sopinka, former puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada John Turner, 17th Prime...

refused to provide it and the accused was eventually convicted. Justice Sopinka, writing for a unanimous Court, held that the judge was wrong in refusing...

capable of appreciating the risk flowing from their conduct? Lamer C.J. (Sopinka, Iacobucci, and Major JJ. concurring) agreed with the majority's result...

Antonio Lamer Puisne Justices: Gérard La Forest, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John Sopinka, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin, William Stevenson...

appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1998, replacing Justice John Sopinka. Like his predecessor, Binnie never sat as a judge before his appointment...

List of reasons written by Justice John Sopinka during his time as Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. United States v Cotroni, [1989] 1 SCR...

The Sopinka Cup is an annual trial advocacy competition in Canada organized by The Advocates' Society and sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers...

while private materials may not be. To simplify the analysis Justice John Sopinka divided potentially obscene materials into three categories: 1. Explicit...

reached that decision. The majority (six justices), headed by Justice Sopinka, were of this opinion: the nature of driving offences suggests that a modified...

Cory allowed the appeal and ordered a new trial. A dissent was given by Sopinka J. with Gonthier and Major JJ. concurring. Parliament under the first Chretien...

Gérard V. La Forest John Sopinka Peter deCarteret Cory Claire L'Heureux-Dubé Charles D. Gonthier Speaker of the House of Commons - John Allen Fraser Governor...

Justice Sopinka, for a unanimous Court, allowed the appeal and held that the evidence should be excluded. Expert evidence, stated Sopinka in the ruling...

interest in the principle of timely justice, Justices Dickson, Lamer and Sopinka found in this section only an individual right touching the interest of...

leaves little work for section 1. Another dissent was written by Justice John Sopinka. He largely agreed with Wilson but stressed that the view of extradition...

Puisne Justices: Bertha Wilson, Gérard La Forest, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John Sopinka, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin, William Stevenson...

Justices: Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John Sopinka, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin, Frank Iacobucci, John C. Major, Michel Bastarache Reasons...

Forest, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John Sopinka, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin, Frank Iacobucci, John C. Major Reasons given Majority...

where it is part of a socially valuable activity such as sports. Justice Sopinka, in concurring with the decision, but not with the majority's reasoning...

(which was deemed unconstitutional in Re B.C. Motor Vehicle Act). Justice Sopinka, writing for the Court, held that s.269 did not violate s.7. The charge...

La Forest John Sopinka Jean Beetz Julien Chouinard then Claire L'Heureux-Dubé Gerald Eric Le Dain Speaker of the House of Commons - John Allen Fraser Governor...

Laskin William McIntyre Bertha Wilson Antonio Lamer Roland Almon Ritchie John Sopinka Jean Beetz Julien Chouinard Gerald Eric Le Dain Speaker of the House...

member of a Canadian legislature of Ukrainian origin, World War I veteran John Sopinka, puisne justice, Supreme Court of Canada Michael Starr (born Michael...

Rights and Freedoms (equality). Her ethics advisor was Eike-Henner Kluge. Sopinka J, writing for the majority, found there was no violation of section 7...

Justices: Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John Sopinka, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin, Frank Iacobucci, John C. Major, Michel Bastarache Reasons...

Antonio Lamer, Bertha Wilson, Gérard La Forest, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John Sopinka, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin Reasons given Majority...

Forest, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John Sopinka, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory, Beverley McLachlin, Frank Iacobucci, John C. Major Reasons given Majority...

accused in s. 37.3(2) was constitutional. The majority (Lamer with LaForest, Sopinka, Gonthier, McLachlin, Stevenson, and Iacobucci) held that the reverse onus...

Antonio Lamer, Bertha Wilson, Gérard La Forest, Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John Sopinka, Charles Gonthier, Peter Cory Reasons given Unanimous reasons by Dickson...

September 30, 1997) Claire L'Heureux-Dubé (April 15, 1987 – July 1, 2002) John Sopinka (May 24, 1988 – November 24, 1997) Charles Gonthier (February 1, 1989...