- John
Sopinka (March 19, 1933 –
November 24, 1997) was a
Canadian lawyer and
puisne justice on the
Supreme Court of Canada, the
first Ukrainian-Canadian...
- 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...
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Justice Sopinka, for a
unanimous Court,
allowed the
appeal and held that the
evidence should be excluded.
Expert evidence,
stated Sopinka in the ruling...
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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...
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degree murder. The
majority was
written by
Sopinka J, La Forest, Cory,
Iacobucci and
Major JJ concurring.
Sopinka first considered the
leading case of R....
- the result,
Sopinka J
disagreed with the plurality's
reasoning that
section 2 of the Old Age
Security Act was not discriminatory.
Sopinka J also endorsed...
- Justices:
Bertha Wilson, Gérard La Forest,
Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, John
Sopinka,
Charles Gonthier,
Peter Cory,
Beverley McLachlin,
William Stevenson Reasons...
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reached that decision. The
majority (six justices),
headed by
Justice Sopinka, were of this opinion: the
nature of
driving offences suggests that a modified...
- (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...
- were not in fact left in
doubt as to the
burden resting on the Crown. As
Sopinka J. dissented,
credibility is a
fundamental issue. When
dealing with the...
